A colorful, lively image with the marks of the artist’s preparatory drawing still visible, this watercolor is a departure from Reginald Marsh’s well-known urban scenes. The bold, vigorous handling, however, contains the same dynamism as Marsh’s oil paintings of life in the city.

Excerpt from

William Keyse Rudolph, DMA label copy, 2005

NOTES

n.d. (recto)/By 1937 (verso)

Verso is a sketch for the Custom House Murals.

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Changed title to Untitled (Carousel Horse) (recto)/Untitled (tugs warping the Normadie into dock) to match Kirchner double sided image. JR from EAS

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