Tug Boats, 1937

Provenance

Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York, New York

Private collection, acquired from above

Sale, Sotheby’s, New York, New York, October 6, 2021, lot 73, from above

Related Works 

Rotunda Mural, Alexander Hamilton U. S. Custom House

Mural: frescoes by Reginald Marsh, New York City Customs House, photograph; National Archives

Atlantic Liner in Harbor with Tug (mural study, U.S. Customs House, New York, New York), 1937, tempera on fiberboard, 17⅞ x 23⅞ inches; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC

Note

This work relates to a mural project Marsh completed as a Great Depression-era commission by the Treasury Relief Art Project (TRAP) at the Alexander Hamilton U. S. Custom House in New York City, currently the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian. The frescoes are on the rotunda ceiling of the building and depict New York Harbor scenes.