Portuguese Woman on the Dunes

Art

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Provincetown Art Association and Museum

Woman wearing red and blue standing on dune mound with ocean and sky in background

Woman wearing red and blue standing on dune mound with ocean and sky in background

Name/Title

Portuguese Woman on the Dunes

Entry/Object ID

2212.020.Pa13

Description

Ross Moffett was originally born in Iowa and arrived in Provincetown to study with Charles Hawthorne. He became a legendary artist that illustrated scenes of local life and a significant figure in the development of American Modernism. He was known for his landscape paintings, various forms of prints, and social realism themed murals. Both his monotype print and oil painting in this collection feature figures standing in the dunes, embodying a contemplative state.

Artwork Details

Medium

Oil on illustration board

Acquisition

Accession

2212

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Robert C. Duffy, 2013

Made/Created

Artist

Ross E. Moffett

Date made

n.d.

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Signature

Location

LR

Type

Title

Location

LL

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Image

Height

11 in

Width

16 in

Dimension Description

Sight

Height

11-3/4 in

Width

16-1/2 in

Dimension Description

Finished

Height

18 in

Width

22-3/4 in

Exhibition

Solitude by the Sea: Selections from the Collection