Cape Cod, Sand Dune

Herman Hartwich, Cape Cod, Sand Dune, 1894, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Emily Dorothy Ammann, 1965.14.1
Copied Herman Hartwich, Cape Cod, Sand Dune, 1894, oil on canvas, 13 1221 38 in. (34.254.2 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Emily Dorothy Ammann, 1965.14.1
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Artwork Details

Title
Cape Cod, Sand Dune
Date
1894
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
13 1221 38 in. (34.254.2 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Emily Dorothy Ammann
Mediums
Mediums Description
oil on canvas
Classifications
Keywords
  • Landscape — beach
  • Landscape — coast
  • Landscape — season — summer
  • Landscape — Massachusetts — Cape Cod
Object Number
1965.14.1

Artwork Description

Herman Hartwich painted Sand Dune and Beach on Cape Cod, a great curling hook of land jutting out from the eastern coast of Massachusetts. In the nineteenth century the cape was a popular destination for tourists and artists, and the expressive brushstrokes and ragged margins suggest Hartwich painted these on the spot as studies for finished works.