Shag Rock

circa 1950
Folinsbee, John

Object Details

TITLE:
Shag Rock
DATE:
circa 1950
MEDIUM:
Oil on canvas
DIMENSIONS:
25 7/8" x 40"
CREDIT LINE:
Museum purchase, 1956

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Description

Shag Rock is a typical example of Folinsbee’s skill in rendering the many moods of the sea. Tossing waves beat against a lone rock off the coast of Maine, where a group of cormorants, otherwise known as “shags” for their crested head, cluster under a shaft of light from a stormy sky. A small daub of red paint blobs in the waves to the left of the work, though it is unclear what is depicts.

 

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