Locomotives, Jersey City
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Object Details
- Artist
- Reginald Marsh, born Paris, France 1898-died Dorset, VT 1954
- Luce Center Label
- Locomotives, Jersey City is from a series of paintings Reginald Marsh did in the 1930s that focuses on modes of transportation. Here, four mighty trains power along the tracks, while the smoke and steam emitted from the smokestacks trail behind. In the distance, Marsh painted a cloud of smoke using a thin oil wash, creating a backdrop that is both delicate and dense. Together, the distant smoke clouds and those coming from the locomotives obscure much of the sky. The painting's gritty colors reflect the urban environment of Jersey City, which was a manufacturing center in the years preceding World War II. Railroads, however, were the biggest employer and owned a third of the city's nearly fifteen square miles. It was here that the national train networks terminated (Andrew Jacobs, "A City Whose Time Has Come Again," New York Times, April 30, 2000).
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Felicia Meyer Marsh
- 1934
- Object number
- 1979.127.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- oil on canvas mounted on fiberboard
- Dimensions
- 36 1/8 x 48 1/4 in. (91.9 x 122.5 cm.)
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- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- On View
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 4th Floor, 37B
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 4th Floor
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Figure group
- Architecture\vehicle\train
- Architecture\industry\railroad yard
- Cityscape\New Jersey\Jersey City
- Record ID
- saam_1979.127.1
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk76db1cbb4-9be7-4244-96a3-905bb1c3fc90
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