Lot 42
  • 42

Martha Walter

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • Martha Walter
  • Shallow Pool on the Beach
  • oil on canvas
  • 15 1/4 by 18 1/8 inches
  • (38.7 by 46 cm)

Provenance

Hammer Galleries, New York
Private Collection, New York

Condition

Canvas is lined. SURFACE: In good condition. UNDER UV: Minor abrasions near upper edge; no apparent inpainting.
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Catalogue Note

This composition is probably a depiction of the tidal bathing pools at Good Harbor Beach in Gloucester, Massachusetts.  After the start of World War I, Walter established a studio in Gloucester, to which she would return frequently to paint throughout the remainder of her life.