id:			120745
accession number:	1941.479
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1941.479
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The Ferry Boat, 1930. Mabel Dwight (American, 1876–1955). Lithograph; platemark: 23.2 x 25.8 cm (9 1/8 x 10 3/16 in.); sheet: 28.6 x 40.5 cm (11 1/4 x 15 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection 1941.479

title:				The Ferry Boat
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creation date:			1930
creation date earliest:		1930
creation date latest:		1930
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creditline:			Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection
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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	lithograph
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Lithograph
type:		Print
find spot:	
catalogue raisonne: Robinson and Pirog 50

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CREATORS

* Mabel Dwight (American, 1876–1955)  - artist

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measurements: Platemark: 23.2 x 25.8 cm (9 1/8 x 10 3/16 in.); Sheet: 28.6 x 40.5 cm (11 1/4 x 15 15/16 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	In graphite, lower right, recto: "Mabel Dwight 1930"
	translation:	
	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Ashcan School Prints and the American City, 1900-1940
	opening date:   2021-07-18T04:00:00
	<i>Ashcan School Prints and the American City, 1900-1940</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 18-December 26, 2021).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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fun fact:
In the 1920s, over 25 ferry routes connected New York City’s five boroughs; these routes declined with the construction of bridges and tunnels.

digital description:
In the early 1900s, ferry boats connected Staten Island to Manhattan and Brooklyn. Mabel Dwight often took the ferry to Staten Island and back, sketchbook in hand, to capture the unexpected interactions provided by public transportation. In this scene, two matrons, perhaps traveling to Manhattan for a day of shopping or errands, sit beside a nun, who finds a moment of quiet solace in a prayer book. A frequent character in prints of the era, nuns signaled Old World European values, often in contrast to the increasingly secular and commercial culture of the American city.

wall description:
In the early 1900s, ferry boats connected Staten Island to Manhattan and Brooklyn. Mabel Dwight often took the ferry to Staten Island and back, sketchbook in hand, to capture the unexpected interactions provided by public transportation. In this scene, two matrons, perhaps traveling to Manhattan for a day of shopping or errands, sit beside a nun, who finds a moment of quiet solace in a prayer book. A frequent character in prints of the era, nuns signaled Old World European values, often in contrast to the increasingly secular and commercial culture of the American city.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	<em>Catalogue of an exhibition of the art of lithography: commemorating the sesquicentennial of its invention, 1798-1948</em>. [Cleveland]: The Cleveland Museum of Art, November 11, 1948-January 2, 1949.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 32
	url:		https://archive.org/details/Lithography/page/n39

	"Exhibitions Through February 2022." C<em>leveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>61, no. 4 (Fall 2021): 16.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 16
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	"Ashcan School Prints and the American City, 1900-1940.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>61, no. 1 (Winter 2021): 46.
	page number: 	Reproduced and Mentioned: P. 46.
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