Salt Marsh at Southport, Connecticut

Artist Martin Johnson Heade American, 1819–1904

Datecirca 1862–1863

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions9 7/8 x 20 1/8 in. (25.1 x 51.1 cm)
Frame: 16 5/8 x 26 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. (42.2 x 67.3 x 7 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the State of North Carolina and various donors, by exchange

Object number87.10

On View

Not on view

Provenance**Created United States, ca. 1862–1863; collection of the artist. [Victor D. Spark, New York]; Dr. and Mrs. Alick Osofsky; Hewlett Bay Park, NY; [Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York]; sold to NCMA, 1987.
Published ReferencesTheodore E. Stebbins, Jr., The Life and Works of Martin Johnson Heade (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1975), cat. no. 184, discussed 99, illus. (b-w).

Introduction to the Collections, rev. ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1992), illus. (b-w) 237.

Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., The Life and Works of Martin Johnson Heade, rev. ed. (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2000), cat. no. 104 (as View at Southport, Connecticut), discussed 41, illus. (b-w) 226.
Exhibition HistoryWilmington, NC, St. John's Museum of Art, "Inventing the American Landscape: A Dialogue with the Visual World," April 25-June 28, 1998; Hickory, NC, The Hickory Museum of Art, September 12-November 8, 1998; Fayetteville, NC, Fayetteville Museum of Art,November 22, 1998-January 17, 1999; Greenville, NC, Greenville Museum of Art, March 10-April 30, 1999, brochure, illus. (Outreach exhibition)

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection Reimagined," May 6, 2024-November 18, 2024. Object Rights Statement

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