Abstract composition of woman and child in the dunes with blue and purple
Name/Title
Untitled (Woman and Child in the Dunes)
Entry/Object ID
610.Pr82
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
Monotype print
Acquisition
Accession
610
Source or Donor
Shelby Shackelford
Acquisition Method
Gift
Credit Line
Gift of Shelby Shackelford, 1982, Restoration funded by Carl G. Sessa and David M. Gagne, 2018
Made/Created
Artist
Ross E. Moffett
Date made
circa 1930
Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
Signature
Location
LR
Dimensions
Dimension Description
Plate
Height
14-1/2 in
Width
11-3/4 in
Dimension Description
Sight
Height
15-3/4 in
Width
12-1/2 in
Dimension Description
Finished
Height
22 in
Width
18 in
Exhibition
Solitude by the Sea: Selections from the Collection
