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Coast of Cornwall, near St. Ives
circa 191536 x 48 in. (91.4 x 121.9 cm)
Paul Dougherty
United States (Brooklyn, NY, 1877 - 1947, Palm Springs, CA)
Object Type:
Painting
Medium and Support:
Oil on canvas
Credit Line:
Gift of George Eastman
Accession Number:
1915.1
Location: Not currently on view
Collection:
George Eastman Collection
In 1915, Memorial Art Gallery mounted an exhibition of seascapes by a leading American marine painter of the time, Paul Dougherty. After the show was already open to the public, the artist sent an additional canvas, Coast of Cornwall, Near St. Ives, which he considered his best work to date. George Eastman had expressed interest in purchasing a Dougherty for the MAG collection. This painting was a top contender but several members of the Art Committee requested director George Herdle to ask the artist to rework the foreground. Reluctantly, Herdle complied and the mystified Dougherty politely asked him exactly what he would like done. In the meantime, Herdle sought the opinion of painter Elmer Schofield, who “thought the criticism not well made.” The director quickly assured Dougherty that all was well, overrode the Committee’s objections, and acquired this painting with funds donated by Eastman.
[Label text from It Came From the Vault exhibition, 2013]
[Label text from It Came From the Vault exhibition, 2013]
Marks
Artist's signature, lower left: Paul Dougherty
Provenance
Purchased from the artist by the Gallery in 1915, through the generosity of George Eastman
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Exhibition of Contemporary American Paintings and of the Permanent Collection 6/29/1917 - 10/4/1917
- Works from MAG Permanent Collection at Eastman School of Music Memorial Art Gallery 5/10/1939 - 00/00/00
- The George Eastman Collection of Paintings end date ca. December 1949
- American Impressionism from MAG's Permanent Collection Memorial Art Gallery 4/13/2008 - 6/15/2008
- It Came from the Vault: Rarely Seen Works from MAG's Collection 3/17/2013 - 6/9/2013
Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Article Scope: Reproduction only. Donald Rosenthal, ed. The George Eastman Collection. Rochester, New York: University of Rochester Press, 1979.
- Article Scope: Mention. Elizabeth Brayer. Magnum Opus: The Story of the Memorial Art Gallery, 1913-1988. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1988.
- Art News.
- Article Title: The Marine Paintings of Paul Dougherty. Article Scope: Mention and reproduction. David Tovey. Pioneers of St Ives Art at Home and Abroad (1899-1914). Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire: Wilson Books, 2008. Page Number: 298, 336, Figure Number: 4.3, p.110
- Exhibition of paintings by Paul Dougherty: January eighth to February fourteenth, nineteen hundred fifteen, the Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, New York. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1915.
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It Came from the Vault exhibition catalogue
Entry for this artwork in the It Came from the Vault exhibition catalogue. The exhibition ran from March 17-June 9, 2013