The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 3, 2023

Sketch for 'Heaving Sea,' Providence, Rhode Island Bay

1924

Oscar Florianus Bluemner

(American, 1867–1938)

America, 20th century

Charcoal, with framing lines in graphite and blue pencil

Support: Beige wove paper, perimeter mounted to wove paper

Sheet: 14.1 x 19.1 cm (5 9/16 x 7 1/2 in.); Secondary Support: 21.7 x 28 cm (8 9/16 x 11 in.)

Gift of The Honorable Joseph P. Carroll and Roberta Carroll, M.D. 1996.372

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

by artist, in graphite, lower left: Oct - 24 OKB [artist monogram] ; in graphite, along left edge: [illegible, partially cut off] ; on secondary support, by artist [?], in graphite, across bottom: #15 Record, Sketch for 'Heaving Sea' Providence RI Bay ; by artist [?], in graphite, across bottom: [illegible] 9 1/2 x 12 5/4 WC Char Oklé Owner [partially erased] ; by artist [?], in graphite, lower right: 14 1/4 x 15 1/4 ; by unknown hand, in graphite, center right: UBK 70 / LXI

Provenance
Joseph P. Carroll, New York, NY
March 4, 1997
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1996.372