Dune Farm
1919
Dune Farm is a richly rendered landscape painted in 1919 by Ross Embrose Moffett, a founding figure of the Provincetown Art Association and a central voice in American modernism after World War I. The painting depicts a sweeping coastal dune valley with horses and figures set against dramatic earthen hills, rendered in warm ochres, deep greens, and cool atmospheric blues. Moffett was deeply committed to capturing the life and landscape of Provincetown, Massachusetts, where he spent most of his career, and this early work exemplifies the energetic, painterly handling that would define his reputation. The piece is signed lower right and dates to a particularly formative period in the artist's career, just before his 1920 marriage to fellow artist Dorothy Lake Gregory.
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Signed
- Yes
Notes
Receipt number 187935 (Adams form 5805). Price of $39,000 is for the artwork; additional charges for shipping, crating, and insurance noted on receipt but not itemized with a separate dollar amount. Receipt signed by Julie Heller on behalf of Julie Heller Gallery. Buyer alternate contact: barton1026@aol.com, 818 489 3230. Artist biography courtesy of the Archives of American Art. Artist born February 2, 1888 in Clearfield, Iowa. Studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and with Charles Hawthorne (summer 1913, Provincetown). Co-founder of the Provincetown Art Association. Full member of the National Academy of Design (1942). Artist-in-residence at the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center (1970). In 1954, selected by the National Academy of Design to paint murals of Eisenhower's civilian life for the Eisenhower Memorial Museum in Abilene, Kansas.
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