Harrington Fitzgerald
The Wreck
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Washington, D.C., Vereinigte Staaten
SaalLuce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 9B
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The Wreck shows a lifeboat pulling away from a sinking ship, with a storm approaching from the left. Although steamships in the nineteenth century made sea travel more predictable, the sheer power and vastness of the ocean remained a source of fascination for many artists. This piece evokes adventure and danger as the men struggle to escape the doomed ship.
Smithsonian American Art Museum
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- Inventarnummer
- 1913.6.1
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- Bild: Smithsonian American Art Museum — CC0
