Marsden Hartley — Biography, Exhibitions, Galleries & Auction Results

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Selected Works320

Museum Acquisitions

Whitney

MoMA

Previous Sales 91

Christie's

Black and White Decoys

$228,600

Apr 2026

Christie's

Cynical Blue, Jovial Brown, Dogtown, 1931

Christie's

Sotheby's

Songs of Winter, 1909

Christie's

Christie's

Flowers from a Lonely Child - for Mary of the Volcanoes, 1935

$375,000

Nov 2021

Christie's

Songs of Winter, No. 3

$300,000

Nov 2021

Sotheby's

Shell

$214,200

May 2021

Sotheby's

Red Camellias in a Vase

Christie's

Christie's

Landscape with Single Cloud, 1922

$876,500

Nov 2018

Christie's

Christ

$492,500

Nov 2018

Christie's

Camden Hills from Baker's Island, 1938

Christie's

Christie's

Sea View--Starfish, New England, 1934

$317,000

Nov 2015

Christie's

Still Life: Bottle and Fruit on Table

Christie's

Christie's

Christie's

Untitled (Landscape)

Christie's

Christie's

Gorges du Loup, Provence

$182,500

May 2012

Christie's

Still Life with Fruit

$92,500

May 2012

Christie's

The Cedar Hedge (Spring Breezes and Rains) Chestnut Hill, Boston, Massachusetts

$47,500

May 2012

Christie's

Movement, Sails, 1916

$1,874,500

Nov 2011

Christie's

Arroyo Hondo, New Mexico

$104,500

Nov 2011

For Sale 2

Schoelkopf Gallery · Artsy

New Mexico Landscape, 1918

Price on request

Pastel on paper

NVIT Fine Art · Artsy

Pink House, 1940

US$265,000

Oil on board

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Market446 auction results

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$800 – $6.7M

43 of 59 paintings lots with prices

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$686K

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$171K

43 priced paintings lots

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Apr 2026 · $44.5K

Latest tracked sale in this object type

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Paintings: $171K medianSculpture/objects: $117K medianWorks on paper: $13.4K medianEditioned prints: $2.4K medianUnclassified lots: $2.0M medianPosters/ephemera: $69.8K median

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Education1

Parsons School of Design (New School)

New York, NY, USA

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Publications7

Monograph 1

Somehow a Past Author

MIT Press · 1998

Exhibition Catalog 4

The First Homosexuals: The Birth of a New Identity, 1869-1939

Phaidon Press · 2024

Marsden Hartley's Maine

Metropolitan Museum of Art Publications · 2017

Marsden Hartley and the West

Yale University Press · 2007

Marsden Hartley

Yale University Press · 2002

Group Catalog 1

Speaking for vice

Yale University Press · 1995

Survey 1

The World New Made: Figurative Painting in the Twentieth Century

Thames & Hudson · 2022

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Current Exhibitions1

Alpha 137 Gallery

Landscapes, Cityscapes, Waterscapes and Skyscapes: paintings, works on paper and prints

Helen Frankenthaler, Damien Hirst, Roy Lichtenstein, Ed Ruscha, David Hockney, Wolf Kahn, Ai Weiwei, Peter Saul, Marsden Hartley, Paul Resika, Andy Warhol, Jeff Koons, Richard Serra, Cy Twombly, Alex Katz, Richard Estes, Robert Rauschenberg, Claes Oldenburg, FAILE, Mark di Suvero, Allan D'Arcangelo, Jennifer Losch Bartlett, Peter Blake, Christo, Peter Max, Sonia Gechtoff, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Martin Creed, Jonas Wood, Gregory Amenoff, Joe Brainard, Red Grooms, Billy Al Bengston, April Gornik, Gerald Laing, Paula Scher, Michael Lekakis, Paul Feeley, William T. Wiley, John Button, Hyde Solomon, Howard Kanovitz, George Trakas, Asa Cheffetz, Lynton Wells, Melissa Miller, Milton Glaser, Bob Stanley, Walter Darby Bannard, Katherine Porter, Lois Dodd, Richard Haas, Thelma Appel, Alan Cote, Norman Carton, Ben Wilson, Edward Giobbi, Franz Eggenschwiler, Javacheff Christo, David Shapiro (b. 1922), Kathan Brown, William Waitzman, Helen Siegl

Showplace Design and Antique Center, 40 W 25th St 2nd floor, New York, NY 10010, United States

Jun 12, 2026 — Sep 10, 2026

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Recent News19

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‘A kind of reconnecting with the past’: the Met celebrates the art of the portrait

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has opened a new exhibition, 'The Face of Modern Life,' featuring nearly 80 works from its permanent collection that ch…

exhibitionsJun 3, 2026

Marcel Duchamp and the MoMA Exhibition That Didn’t Ask Questions

Marcel Duchamp's 1917 readymade *Fountain* and its radical questioning of art's definition are the focus of a new retrospective at the Museum of Moder…

exhibitionsMay 22, 2026

Maine Institutions Dissect the American Semiquincentennial

Boston Art Review (BAR) has published an article examining how Maine-based cultural institutions are approaching the American Semiquincentennial, the …

newsMay 21, 2026

Maine art museums overflow with summer exhibits

Maine's art museums are presenting a packed summer season with numerous exhibitions, including the collaborative show "By Design: The Worlds of Betsy …

exhibitionsMay 6, 2026

Montclair Art Museum Hires Esteemed Curator Kate Kraczon After Layoffs at Brown University

The Montclair Art Museum in New Jersey has appointed Kate Kraczon as its new chief curator, effective June 15. Kraczon previously served as director o…

peopleApr 30, 2026

Ready, Set, Go: Ten Spring Exhibitions Opening or Closing Within Six Weeks

Boston Art Review (BAR) has published a guide titled "Ready, Set, Go: Ten Spring Exhibitions Opening or Closing Within Six Weeks," highlighting a cura…

exhibitionsApr 28, 2026

Maine: A Force Within American Art (1890-2026) At Farnsworth Art Museum

The Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, Maine, has opened a year-long exhibition titled "Maine: A Force Within American Art (1890-2026)" in honor of Am…

exhibitionsApr 28, 2026

Giant Buddha Lands in New York

Artist Xandra Ibarra staged a nude performance titled "Nude Laughing" at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, walking through the contemporary galleries t…

newsApr 27, 2026

Roses and Thorns of Greater New York

The article is a digest of recent art news, with a primary focus on critical reviews of the 2026 "Greater New York" exhibition at MoMA PS1. Hyperaller…

reviewApr 22, 2026

LACMA Got a Makeover

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) has unveiled its new David Geffen Galleries, featuring an unconventional open-plan design that encourages…

exhibitionsApr 17, 2026

The Marsden Hartley Legacy Project Launches Online

The Marsden Hartley Legacy Project has officially launched a comprehensive digital catalogue raisonné featuring over 1,600 paintings, drawings, and pr…

newsApr 16, 2026

Philadelphia Museum of Art and PAFA team up for a massive American art show

The Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA) and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) have launched "A Nation of Artists," a massive collaborative…

exhibitionsApr 11, 2026

15 Shows to See in New York City This April

Hyperallergic has published a curated list of 15 gallery and independent art exhibitions to see in New York City during April. The guide highlights sh…

exhibitionsApr 2, 2026

Blanton show reimagines American modernism through private collection of H-E-B chairman Charles Butt

The Blanton Museum of Art has unveiled a new exhibition featuring approximately 80 works of American modernism drawn from the private collection of H-…

exhibitionsMar 6, 2026

rebecca salsbury james

Rebecca Salsbury James, an artist who mastered reverse painting on glass and colcha embroidery, is gaining renewed attention. Born in 1891 in London t…

marketJan 21, 2026

at miami basel dealers notch seven figure sales digital art draws crowds

Art Basel Miami Beach opened its VIP preview on Wednesday with strong early sales, including multiple seven-figure deals. Major galleries like Hauser …

marketDec 4, 2025

What Does It Feel Like to Be Called an Emerging Artist at 72? Ask Takako Yamaguchi

Takako Yamaguchi, a 72-year-old Japanese-born artist based in Los Angeles, is experiencing a career resurgence with a new series of seascapes featured…

peopleJun 26, 2025

takako yamaguchi moca los angeles show

Takako Yamaguchi, a Japanese-born artist based in Los Angeles since 1987, will receive her first solo museum show in the city at the Museum of Contemp…

exhibitionsJun 26, 2025

Celebrating the 2024–25 Academic Year Interns

The Bowdoin College Museum of Art (BCMA) celebrates its 2024–25 academic year intern cohort, highlighting the contributions of six student interns: Au…

localMay 1, 2025

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Past Exhibitions7

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Alpha 137 Gallery

Landscapes, Cityscapes, Waterscapes and Skyscapes: paintings, works on paper and prints

Helen Frankenthaler, Damien Hirst, Roy Lichtenstein, Ed Ruscha, David Hockney, Wolf Kahn, Peter Saul, Marsden Hartley, Paul Resika, Andy Warhol, Jeff Koons, Richard Serra, Cy Twombly, Alex Katz, Richard Estes, Robert Rauschenberg, Claes Oldenburg, FAILE, Mark di Suvero, Allan D'Arcangelo, Jennifer Losch Bartlett, Peter Blake, Christo, Peter Max, Sonia Gechtoff, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Martin Creed, Jonas Wood, Gregory Amenoff, Joe Brainard, Red Grooms, Billy Al Bengston, April Gornik, Gerald Laing, Paula Scher, Michael Lekakis, Paul Feeley, William T. Wiley, John Button, Hyde Solomon, Howard Kanovitz, George Trakas, Asa Cheffetz, Lynton Wells, Milton Glaser, Bob Stanley, Walter Darby Bannard, Katherine Porter, Lois Dodd, Richard Haas, Thelma Appel, Alan Cote, Norman Carton, Ben Wilson, Edward Giobbi, Franz Eggenschwiler, Javacheff Christo, David Shapiro (b. 1922), Kathan Brown, William Waitzman, Helen Siegl

Showplace Design and Antique Center, 40 W 25th St 2nd floor, New York, NY 10010, United States

Mar 12, 2026 — May 27, 2026

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#590 Schoelkopf Gallery

Spotlight: Marsden Hartley

Marsden Hartley

390 Broadway 3rd floor, New York, NY 10013, United States

Mar 2, 2026 — Mar 28, 2026

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Palm Springs Art Museum

A Queer Arcana: Art, Magic, and Spirit

Carlos Alfonzo, Steven Arnold, Nancy Azara, Judy Baca, Elijah Burgher, Nao Bustamante, Jayne County, Tee A. Corrine, Frances Salomé España, Russell FitzGerald, Edgar Fabián Frías, Tamara Gonzales, Marsden Hartley, Sadao Hasegawa, Richard Hawkins, Clarity Haynes, Sergio Hernández Francés, Joseph Liatela, Candice Lin, Fred Lonidier, Mundo Meza, Daniel Correa Mejía, Naudline Pierre, Agnes Pelton, Rachel Pollack, Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Billie Luisi-Potts, Eric-Paul Riege, Lezley Saar, Devan Shimoyama

101 N Museum Dr, Palm Springs, CA 92262, USA

Jan 1, 2026

A Queer Arcana: Art, Magic, and Spirit Now – October 18, 2026

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