Beach Study (verso) (c. 1910): Art, History and Details

Beach Study (verso) (c. 1910) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Edward H. Potthast (American, 1857–1927).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Born in Cincinnati, Potthast studied in Munich and Paris before returning to the United States, where he began spending summers along the coast of New England. There he studied the carefree seaside activities of bathers and picnickers. Although he never married, he was particularly fond of painting young mothers and their children.

Object facts

• Title: Beach Study (verso)
• Date: c. 1910
• Creator attribution: Edward H. Potthast (American, 1857–1927)
• Culture: America
• Type: Painting
• Technique: oil on panel
• Dimensions: Overall: 31.8 x 40.7 cm (12 1/2 x 16 in.)
• Collection: American - Painting
• Department: American Painting and Sculpture
• Accession number: 2001.41.b

A detail from the museum

During the early 1900s, modesty dictated women’s bathing suit designs featuring long, loose-fitting skirts.

Collection credit

Gift of Virginia Rose Glidden and family and Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund

View the collection record

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