Reginald Marsh
Water Sports - Coney Island Two-sided work, 1944
Double-sided watercolor and Chinese ink on heavyweight paper
26 1/2 × 39 in / 67.3 × 99.1 cm
$ 68,000.00
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Historically, academic artists have always featured the central figures in their composition in a prominent light with the background figures being darker. In water sports, Reginald Marsh does the opposite....
Historically, academic artists have always featured the central figures in their composition in a prominent light with the background figures being darker. In water sports, Reginald Marsh does the opposite. The central figures are in shadow and the role players in the background are in the light. This aesthetic choise by Marsh makes "Water Sports" a more interesting and unique artwork. Sexy bodies from the '40s in bathing suits at the beach at Coney Island. Five sexy women riding on the shoulders of men and having a great time of fun and folic. Presented in a good broad craved and antiqued giltwood frame in the Spanish Baroque style. Each corner boldly carved with a stylized anthemion mantled by foliate scrolls. br The beautiful frame elevates the artwork. br It may be possible for a good paper conservator to split the paper to create two works from one. Frame size 40.5 x 53 br Bernard Danenberg Galleries, New York br Galleries Maurice Sternberg, Chicago. br Born in Paris, Reginald Marsh was an American artist recognized for his Social Realist paintings of New York City life in the 1920s and ‘30s. Rejecting abstraction, Marsh included crowded Coney Island beach scenes, vaudeville and burlesque shows, women, and jobless men on the Bowery among his favorite subjects. Marsh was a prolific drawer as well, filling books with sketches made on streets, beaches, and public transportation. He painted in egg tempera, oils, watercolors, and ink, and produced many prints as well.