Saugatuck Harbor from Douglas

Name/Title

Saugatuck Harbor from Douglas

Entry/Object ID

2024.03.06

Description

Watercolor painting with goldenrod flowers in the foreground, the docked tugboat Reiss and the steamer Keewatin at Lake Kalamazoo with Mt. Baldhead in the far distance. On the left edge a vine breaks out of the mat zone, as does the bow the Keewatin on the right. Yellow wood frame with distressed gold and green decorative detail.

Type of Painting

On paper

Artwork Details

Medium

Watercolor

Context

This painting hung in Marie Muha's Framing for Friends workshop for many years. Marie said this was the first painting Peggy Boyce did after she retired.

Collection

Artworks

Cataloged By

Winthers, Sally

Acquisition

Accession

2024.03

Source or Donor

Muha, Marie

Acquisition Method

Purchase

Made/Created

Artist

Boyce, Peggy (Webster) 1932-2021

Date made

Sep 6, 1994

Dimensions

Height

36 in

Width

36-1/2 in

Location

Shelf

AC bay 19

Room

Art Conservation Room

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Keewatin (ship), Reiss (boat) 1913-, Muha, Marie

Interpretative Labels

Label

Peggy Webster Boyce 1932-2021 Saugatuck Harbor from Douglas 1994 watercolor This late summer watercolor echoes Carl Hoerman's view from 65 years earlier. Boyce's watercolor combines goldenrod flowers in the foreground, the docked tugboat Reiss and the steamer Keewatin at Lake Kalamazoo with Mt. Baldhead in the far distance. On the left edge a vine breaks out of the mat zone, as does the bow the Keewatin on the right. This watercolor had pride of place in Marie Muha's Framing for Friends workshop in Douglas for decades. Marie said this was the first painting Peggy Boyce did after she retired from her career as an educator, with the date of September 6, 1994 included in pencil in the lower right of the artwork. After Marie's sudden passing in the winter of 2024, the watercolor came to the History Center where it will remain on public view. SDHC Collection Accession number 2024.03.06

Create Date

February 12, 2024

Update Date

October 21, 2025