Marsden Hartley (1877-1943)


The Little Arroyo signed, dated and inscribed with title 'The Little Arroyo / Marsden Hartley 1918' (lower right), signed and dated again 'Hartley / 1918' and bears Alfred Stieglitz Collection stamp (on the reverse)pastel on paper17 3/4 x 28 5/8inExecuted in 1918.
|ProvenanceThe artist. Alfred Stieglitz, New York.Wehye Gallery, New York. Private collection, acquired from the above. Sale, Sotheby's, New York, November 28, 2007, lot 93.Acquired by the present owner from the above.ExhibitedNew York, Babcock Galleries, GIANTS: American Modernist Masters, October 14-December 17, 2010, no. 45. This work will be included in The Marsden Hartley Legacy Project: The Complete Paintings and Works on Paper by Gail R. Scott.The Little Arroyo is distinguished by its close relationship to The Little Arroyo, Taos, which was originally owned by Hudson D. Walker and is now in the collection of the Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, Minnesota. At least seven of Hartley's desert pastels are in public collections, including the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington; Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona; and the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, New Mexico. In October 1918, Hartley mailed all of his desert pastels to Alfred Stieglitz, who then selected the present work for his own collection, further underscoring the present work's importance among Hartley's works on paper.