THE FLY BOAT - MARSEILLES
Datec.1936
CountryUSA
MediumOil on masonite
Dimensions45.1 x 61 cm (17 3/4 x 24") (Image)
Credit LineBrigham Young University Museum of Art
Object number840039800
DescriptionThe image is a harbor scape in which the foreground is a dock on which a female figure, with her back to the viewer, leans over the water to a small boat that is docked in front of her. To the right of the women is a juvenile figure and open boxes or cases on the dock. In the small boat a male figure is standing in the bow, with other figures seated under a canvas canopy that has been mounted on poles around the sides of the boat. Harbor activity continues into the right middle ground with a masted sailing ship placed just above the center of the composition. Behind the sailing ship a line of structures edge the far wharf.On View
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