The Demuth Museum offers a wholly unique experience of Demuth's artistic life and groundbreaking works through its collections, exhibitions and educational programs. The museum's permanent collection contains over 55 Demuth works from throughout the artist's career.
Our Permanent Collection Gallery at the Demuth Museum features our Demuth works on rotation, and we display 8 to 12 works at a time. Charles Demuth frequently used paper to create his art, so the majority of our permanent collection is works on paper, including watercolors and drawings. Works on paper present limitations on their display, as paper fades and deteriorates over time. Therefore, in order to protect our collection of original Demuth works on paper, we only display each piece for a short period of time and rotate works out of special storage designed to preserve their condition as best as possible for future generations to enjoy and appreciate. We also control light exposure in our galleries through dimmers and motion sensors, and special light fixtures with UV filters for this reason.
To learn more about each piece and view full-size images, please click on the image thumbnail or title of the artwork for additional information.
Charles Demuth | Childhood Sketchbook Pages
Title: Childhood Sketchbook Pages
Year: n.d.
Medium: opaque paint on paper
Dimensions: 8 1/2 x 10 3/4 inches
Credit Line: gift of Salander-O’Reilly Gallery
Charles Demuth | Landscape with Windmill #1
Title: Landscape with Windmill #1
Year: inscribed 1896
Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper
Dimensions: 3 7/8 x 4 3/4 inches
Credit Line: purchased with funds donated in memory of C. Barnard Hull, III
Charles Demuth | Japanese Lady
Title: Japanese Lady
Year: c. 1903
Medium: watercolor on paper
Dimensions: 3 1/2 inches in diameter
Credit Line: gift of Anne Hill
Charles Demuth | Red Head
Title: Red Head
Year: 1903
Medium: watercolor on paper
Dimensions: 6 1/2 x 5 inches
Credit Line: gift of Anne Hill
Charles Demuth | Woman with Tennis Racquet
Title: Woman with Tennis Racquet
Year: 1897
Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: 4 x 5 1/8 inches
Credit Line: gift of Anne Hill
Charles Demuth | Self Portrait
Title: Self Portrait
Year: 1907
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 26 1/16 x 18 inches
Credit Line: gift of Margaret Lestz
Charles Demuth | Portrait of a Woman
Title: Portrait of a Woman
Year: c. 1907
Medium: watercolor on paper
Dimensions: 7 x 5 3/4 inches
Credit Line: gift of the Estate of John J. Snyder, Jr.
Charles Demuth | Portrait of Louise Michaelis
Title: Portrait of Louise Michaelis
Year: 1907
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 29 3/4 x 19 3/4 inches
Credit Line: gift of Mrs. Joseph Byars
Charles Demuth | Head of a Woman
Title: Head of a Woman
Year: 1908
Medium: charcoal on paper
Dimensions: 7 x 5 inches
Credit Line: gift of Pauline Stauffer
Charles Demuth | east king street
Title: East King Street
Year: 1908-10
Medium: watercolor on paper mounted on cardboard
Dimensions: 4 7/8 x 6 1/4 inches
Credit Line: gift of Robert F. Nation
Charles Demuth | Papa Demuth
Title: Papa Demuth
Year: c. 1907
Medium: watercolor on paper
Dimensions: 12 x 9 inches
Credit Line: partial purchase from the acquisition fund and gift of Thomas S. Holman
Charles Demuth | The Real Thing
Title: The Real Thing
Year: 1908
Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: 5 x 8 inches
Credit Line: gift of Margaret Lestz in memory of Richard Hopf
Charles Demuth | Augusta Wills Buckius Demuth
Title: Augusta Wills Buckius Demuth
Year: n.d.
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 32 3/8 x 23 5/8 inches
Credit Line: gift of Gerald and Margaret Lestz
Charles Demuth | The Canal - New Hope, PA
Title: The Canal - New Hope, PA
Year: 1908-11
Medium: watercolor on paper
Dimensions: 6 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches
Credit Line: gift of William F. and Doris W. Herr
Charles Demuth | Head of a Man No.3
Title: Head of a Man No.3
Year: n.d.
Medium: graphite on paper
Dimensions: 8 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches
Credit Line: anonymous gift in honor of Executive Director Anne M. Lampe
Charles Demuth | Two Profiles
Title: Two Profiles
Year: n.d.
Medium: graphite on paper
Dimensions: 7 3/4 x 6 1/4 inches
Credit Line: anonymous gift in honor of Executive Director Anne M. Lampe
Charles Demuth | The Bay #4
Title: The Bay #4
Year: c. 1912
Medium: watercolor on paper
Dimensions: 10 x 13 7/8 inches
Credit Line: gift of John H. Muth
Charles Demuth | Aviariste (Woman With Parrots)
Title: Aviariste (Woman with Parrots)
Year: 1912
Medium: watercolor on paper
Dimensions: 11 x 8 1/2 inches
Credit Line: purchased with funds from Caroline Steinman Nunan and the acquisition fund
Charles Demuth | Woman in Black in an Alley
Title: Woman in Black in an Alley
Year: 1912
Medium: watercolor on paper
Dimensions: 8 7/8 x 5 1/2 inches
Credit Line: anonymous gift in memory of Kurt and Paulette Olden
Charles Demuth | Four Ladies
Title: Four Ladies (on verso drawing for Dancing Sailors, c. 1917)
Year: c. 1912
Medium: watercolor on paper
Dimensions: 7 x 10 1/2 inches
Credit Line: gift of Daleela and Clifford Dodge and their son Andrew
Charles Demuth | Female Figure #4
Title: Female Figure #4
Year: c. 1912-14
Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper
Dimensions: 12 1/4 x 9 5/8 inches
Credit Line: purchase in honor of Caroline S. Nunan
Charles Demuth | Four Male Nudes
Title: Four Male Nudes
Year: n.d.
Medium: graphite on paper
Dimensions: 7 3/4 x 6 7/16 inches
Credit Line: gift of an anonymous donor
Charles Demuth | Portrait of a Woman with Glasses
Title: Portrait of a Woman with Glasses
Year: 1912
Medium: watercolor on paper
Dimensions: 10 1/2 x 7 7/8 inches
Credit Line: gift of Jean Gromoll
Charles Demuth | Portrait of a Fair-Haired Young Man
Title: Portrait of a Fair-Haired Young Man
Year: n.d.
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Dimensions: 10 5/8 x 7 7/8 inches
Credit Line: gift of Jean Gromoll
Charles Demuth | Marine
Title: Marine
Year: c. 1912
Medium: watercolor on paper
Dimensions: 9 3/4 x 14 inches
Credit Line: gift of the Thomas A. and Georgina T. Russo Family Foundation in honor of Executive Director Anne M. Lampe
Charles Demuth | Three Men
Title: Three Men
Year: n.d.
Medium: graphite on paper
Dimensions: 3 x 5 inches
Credit Line: gift of Mr. Harris C. Arnold
Charles Demuth | At Marshall’s
Title: At Marshall’s
Year: 1915
Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper
Dimensions: 8 x 10 1/2 inches
Credit Line: purchased with funds from The Anne L. and Robert K. Bowman Family Foundation, Mr. and Mrs. Eberhard Gromoll, Gerald and Margaret Lestz, Linda Lestz, Mrs. Caroline Steinman Nunan, Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Schroeder, David H. Scott, and Donald Windham
Charles Demuth | Landscape
Title: Landscape
Year: n.d.
Medium: watercolor
Dimensions: 9 1/2 x 13 1/4 inches
Credit Line: gift of Anne Hill
Charles Demuth | Flowers, White and Brown
Title: Flowers, White and Brown
Year: c. 1915
Medium: watercolor on paper
Dimensions: 10 7/8 x 8 1/4 inches
Credit Line: gift of the Junior League of Lancaster
Charles Demuth | Can-Can Dancers
Title: Can-Can Dancers
Year: c. 1916
Medium: graphite on paper
Dimensions: 11 x 8 1/2 inches
Credit Line: anonymous gift
Charles Demuth | Two Acrobats (1916)
Title: Two Acrobats
Year: 1916
Medium: graphite on paper
Dimensions: 13 x 8 inches
Credit Line: gift of Dr. John B. Montana
Charles Demuth | Two Acrobats (1918)
Title: Two Acrobats
Year: 1918
Medium: graphite on paper
Dimensions: 13 x 8 inches
Credit Line: gift of Gerald S. Lestz
Charles Demuth | Tree Forms
Title: Tree Forms
Year: 1916
Medium: watercolor on paper
Dimensions: 10 7/8 x 8 3/8 inches
Credit Line: gift of Peggy Neff in memory of Charles and Nancy Tanger
Charles Demuth | Man and Woman on the Beach, Provincetown
Title: Man and Woman on the Beach, Provincetown
Year: 1916
Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper
Dimensions: 8 1/4 x 10 3/4 inches
Credit Line: purchased with funds from Henry Kauffman and the acquisition fund
Charles Demuth | Provincetown Rooftops
Title: Provincetown Rooftops
Year: 1916
Medium: watercolor on paper
Dimensions: 8 3/8 x 10 7/8 inches
Credit Line: purchased with funds from the acquisition fund
Charles Demuth | Landscape with Building
Title: Landscape with Building
Year: 1916
Medium: watercolor and pencil on paper
Dimensions: 8 x 10 1/2 inches
Credit Line: gift of Anne Hill
Charles Demuth | Village of Provincetown
Title: Village of Provincetown
Year: 1916
Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper
Dimensions: 7 3/4 x 10 inches
Credit Line: gift of the Ridamaset Company
Charles Demuth | Bathers, Provincetown
Title: Bathers, Provincetown
Year: 1916
Medium: watercolor and pencil on paper
Dimensions: 7 3/4 x 9 3/8 inches
Credit Line: purchased with funds from the acquisition fund
Charles Demuth | Lancaster County Courthouse
Title: Lancaster County Courthouse
Year: c. 1921
Medium: graphite on paper
Dimensions: 10 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches
Credit Line: gift of the Junior League of Lancaster
Charles Demuth | Irises
Title: Irises
Year: c. 1925
Medium: watercolor on paper
Dimensions: 13 3/8 x 9 3/4 inches
Credit Line: private collection on loan to the Demuth Museum
Charles Demuth | Still Life for a Fire Screen
Title: Still Life for a Fire Screen
Year: 1924-28
Medium: tempera on cardboard
Dimensions: 25 1/2 x 22 1/2 inches
Credit Line: gift of the Richard C. von Hess Foundation
Charles Demuth | Study For Poster Portrait: Eugene O’Neill
Title: Study For Poster Portrait: Eugene O’Neill
Year: 1928
Medium: graphite on paper
Dimensions: 7 x 5 3/4 inches
Credit Line: gift of Thomas A. and Georgina T. Russo
Charles Demuth | Zinnias and Scarlet Sage
Title: Zinnias and Scarlet Sage
Year: 1928
Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper
Dimensions: 11 5/8 x 17 3/4 inches
Credit Line: private collection on loan to the Demuth Museum
Charles Demuth | Dove
Title: Dove
Year: 1928
Medium: glass etching
Dimensions: 6 x 6 inches
Credit Line: private collection on loan to the Demuth Museum
Charles Demuth | Sunnyside Mural
Title: Sunnyside Mural
Year: 1930
Medium: gouache on canvas
Dimensions: 58 inches x 53 feet
Credit Line: gift of the owners of Sunnyside Farm and restoration courtesy of Steinman Foundation
Charles Demuth | Daffodils
Title: Daffodils
Year: date illegible
Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper
Dimensions: 13 3/8 x 9 3/8 inches
Credit Line: gift of Henry C. Demuth and restoration courtesy of Dorothea Demuth
Charles Demuth | Mermaid on Dome
Title: Mermaid on Dome
Year: n.d.
Medium: graphite on paper
Dimensions: 5 3/8 x 3 3/8 inches
Credit Line: gift of Mr. Harris C. Arnold
Charles Demuth | Pink Tulips
Title: Pink Tulips
Year: 1930
Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper
Dimensions: 13 5/8 x 19 1/4 inches
Credit Line: Purchase courtesy Dorothea Demuth, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Dunlap, Dr. John Farmer, Charles Steinman Foltz, Miss Elizabeth Gilbert, Mrs. Dawn High, John L. Hoeltzel, Mrs. Patricia Holland, Mr. and Mrs C. Barnard Hull, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Gardner, Mr. and Mrs. John Gibson, Mr. and Mrs. Eberhard Gromoll, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Jensen, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Lestz, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Levengood, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Morgan, Mrs. Caroline S. Nunan, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Stoudt, R.R. Donnelley, Fulton Bank, Armstrong World Industries, Hamilton Bank, Stemgas Publishing Co., John Frederick Steinman Foundation, James Hale Steinman Foundation, and Lancaster County Foundation
Charles Demuth | Two Sailors
Title: Two Sailors
Year: 1930
Medium: graphite on paper
Dimensions: 11 x 8 1/2 inches
Credit Line: gift of Henry Libhart
Charles Demuth | Landscape, Peach Bottom
Title: Landscape, Peach Bottom
Year: 1931
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 6 3/4 x 9 1/4 inches
Credit Line: gift of Charles Conrad
Charles Demuth | Apples
Title: Apples
Year: n.d.
Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper
Dimensions: 9 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches
Credit Line: partial gift of Jean and Eberhard Gromoll and partial purchase of the acquisition fund
Charles Demuth | Daisies
Title: Daisies
Year: 1932
Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper
Dimensions: 9 3/4 x 13 5/8 inches
Credit Line: gift of the Joan Charlton estate
Charles Demuth | Two Women with Umbrella and Two Dogs
Title: Two Women with Umbrella and Two Dogs
Year: c. 1934
Medium: black crayon and pencil
Dimensions: 10 1/2 x 8 inches
Credit Line: gift of Anne Hill
Charles Demuth | Three-Masted Schooner
Title: Three-Masted Schooner
Year: c. 1916-17
Medium: charcoal, wash, and pencil on paper
Dimensions: 7 3/4 x 10 inches
Credit Line: purchase from the acquisition fund
Charles Demuth | A Prince of Court Painters (No. 1)
Title: A Prince of Court Painters (No. 1)
Year: 1918
Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper
Credit Line: purchased with funds provided by Paul and Judy Ware and the Demuth Foundation acquisition fund