Rockport, Massachusetts
Signed, located, and dated lower right: Reynolds Beal / Rockport 1945
Description
Beal was an avid sailor, and the New England coastline, particularly Provincetown, Gloucester and Rockport, where he spent the last 20 years of his life, became his favorite subject matter. His dual interest in art and sailing resulted in a log of crisp, active works depicting boating events, shipyards, harbors and lighthouses.
Provenance
Estate of the artist
To Royal Galleries, Englewood, New Jersey, 1968
Eventually to private collection, Duluth, Georgia, until 2012
To Vose Galleries, Boston, inventory no. 35749, December 2011
To private collection, Houston, Texas, October 2012 to present
Inscriptions
Labels
- Previous Vose Galleries label, inventory no. 35749
- Royal Galleries, Englewood, New Jersey, Reynolds Beal estate label, signed by Sidney Bressler, stating that the artwork was purchased directly from the estate of the artist by Royal Galleries in August, 1968, with Artist: Reynolds Beal, Title: “Rockport,” Date: 1945, Size: 9 ¼” x 12”, Price: guache [sic], w/c + crayon
Exhibitions
Literature
Condition
The painting was conserved in 2012, during which slight toning along the left and right edges was treated and surface stains in the upper left and upper right corners were removed. It was also archivally mounted and framed in 2012. There may be some general toning in the sky, but this also appears to be the artist’s working in laying out the margins of the composition.
Frame Details
Description
Beal was an avid sailor, and the New England coastline, particularly Provincetown, Gloucester and Rockport, where he spent the last 20 years of his life, became his favorite subject matter. His dual interest in art and sailing resulted in a log of crisp, active works depicting boating events, shipyards, harbors and lighthouses.
Provenance
Estate of the artist
To Royal Galleries, Englewood, New Jersey, 1968
Eventually to private collection, Duluth, Georgia, until 2012
To Vose Galleries, Boston, inventory no. 35749, December 2011
To private collection, Houston, Texas, October 2012 to present
Inscriptions
Labels
- Previous Vose Galleries label, inventory no. 35749
- Royal Galleries, Englewood, New Jersey, Reynolds Beal estate label, signed by Sidney Bressler, stating that the artwork was purchased directly from the estate of the artist by Royal Galleries in August, 1968, with Artist: Reynolds Beal, Title: “Rockport,” Date: 1945, Size: 9 ¼” x 12”, Price: guache [sic], w/c + crayon
Exhibitions
Literature
Condition
The painting was conserved in 2012, during which slight toning along the left and right edges was treated and surface stains in the upper left and upper right corners were removed. It was also archivally mounted and framed in 2012. There may be some general toning in the sky, but this also appears to be the artist’s working in laying out the margins of the composition.
