© Estate of William Kienbusch
Currently not on view
Montauk Dunes,
1947
William Kienbusch, American, 1914–1980
x1978-74
Information
Title
Montauk Dunes
Dates
1947
Maker
Medium
Charcoal, pen and black ink, watercolor, and gouache
Dimensions
46.1 x 56.2 cm. (18 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of James H. Beal, Class of 1920, and Mrs. Beal
Object Number
x1978-74
Place Made
United States, New York, New York
Place Depicted
United States, New York
Signatures
Signed and dated in black ink, lower right: Kienbusch 47
Inscription
in black ink, on verso upper right: Montauk Dunes. Spring 1947 | W. Kienbusch
in ink, on verso of mount: This picture was painted in the spring of 1947 at 109 E 3rd St., N.Y.C. following a trip to Montauk. On the trip were Reuben Tam | Dorothy Andrews, Hyde Solomon & myself. We stayed at a road | house called The Blue Marlin & had rooms on the second | floor, over the bar & restaurant. The juke box played "Heartache" | all night long below us. We had a hell of a good time. | William Kienbusch | Jan 14 1954
Culture
Type
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Subject
Also on verso of mount: This water color was selected from the artist's work in his New York studio (44 Greenwich Avenue), before framing in 1953. The inscription was added after framing. | R.J.B.
- "Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1978," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 38, no. 1 (1979): p. 14-38., p. 21
- John Wilmerding et al., American Art in the Princeton University Art Museum: volume 1: drawings and watercolors, (Princeton: Princeton University Art Museum; New Haven, CT; London: Yale University Press, 2004), p. 156 (illus.); p. 157, cat. no. 35
