DC Waterfront, Maine Avenue explained

DC Waterfront, Maine Avenue
Artist:Delilah Pierce
Year:1957
Medium:Oil on board
Height Metric:45
Width Metric:59.8
City:Washington, D.C.
Museum:Smithsonian American Art Museum

DC Waterfront, Maine Avenue is a painting by Delilah Pierce. It is in the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C. in the United States.

Pierce used oil paint on board, in 1957, to depict Maine Avenue along the Southwest Waterfront in Washington, D.C. The painting depicts multiple buildings in the background, one with umbrellas in front of it. In the foreground, Pierce painted boats in the Potomac River, dockside.[1]

DC Waterfront, Maine Avenue was purchased by the Smithsonian in 2009 using Deaccession Funds.[1]

The artwork was included in the 2005 exhibit, Delilah W. Pierce: Natural Perspective, at the University of Maryland University College.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: DC Waterfront, Maine Avenue. Collections. Smithsonian American Art Museum. 8 February 2017.
  2. Web site: UMUC Delilah W. Pierce Exhibition, 2015. 17 May 2016 . 8 February 2017.