Maine Landscape

Marguerite Zorach

c. 1928

A lithograph in which Marguerite Zorach depicts a kneeling figure cradling a child, using simplified, decorative forms to fuse human intimacy with a rocky Maine coast.

The image immediately strikes with its soft, rounded volumes, dotted textile motifs, and gently shaded contours that flatten rocks, trees, and a distant island into a rhythmic, almost abstract seaside tableau.

Produced in the late 1920s, the print exemplifies American modernism’s move toward pared-down, decorative composition—bringing Cubist flattening, folk-like patterning, and intimate domestic subject matter into printmaking and landscape depiction.

Palette

Art Terms

Lithography Print Landscape Figurative Cubism Modern art Monochrome

Exhibitions

Twenty Lithographs: Graphic Art Processes

1941

Some American Prints, 1949–50, from the Museum Collection

1951

New Acquisitions: Lachaise Torso; Prints

1934

Pictures for Children Aged 3–12 Years

1949