Man Lying on the Beach
Artist/Culture
Charles Demuth
(American, 1883–1935)
Date1934
Mediumgraphite on cream wove paper
Dimensions21 x 27.8 cm (8 1/4 x 10 15/16 in.)
ClassificationsDrawings
Credit LineCharlotte E.W. Buffington Fund
Object number1994.272
Label TextA watercolorist who later turned to oils, Demuth was a leader in the development of the Precisionist style. As a student in Philadelphia, he met poet William Carlos Williams, and they remained close for the rest of their lives. Together they moved to France, where this sketch of a sleeping figure on the beach was probably made. Like many American painters who met in Paris, Demuth exhibited his work in New York with photographer Alfred Stieglitz. David ActonProvenanceNelson GoodmanOn View
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