Black Rock, Block Island

Artist Werner Feibes American, born Germany, 1929 - 2021

Date1985

Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper

DimensionsFrame Dimensions: 29 7/8 × 38 7/8 × 1 1/2 in. (75.9 × 98.7 × 3.8 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineGift of Beverley Mastrianni

Object number2018.1

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DescriptionColorful sketch of Black Rock on Block Island (New Shoreham, Rhode Island). Foreground is orange tinted sand, pink rocks, white surf and blue water below a light blue and white sky.

Black Rock on the south shore is reputed to be the best surfing spot on the Island and is identified by a large black rock. Werner Feibes and his husband James Schmitt owned a home on the opposite part of the island, off Corn Neck Road on "the Neck".Exhibition History"From the Vault: Staff Selections", The Hyde Collection, Hoopes Gallery, January 12, 2019- March 31, 2019Provenance1985, Block Island [New Shoreham], Rhode Island, the artist
1985, Saratoga Springs, New York, Sam and Beverly Mastrianni
2018, Glens Falls New York, The Hyde Collection