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Manana Islands
by Frank Wilcox
About the Artwork
Manana Island, Maine, sits directly next to the more well-known Monhegan Island, from where this view was likely inspired. Monhegan had long hosted an artist colony by the time Wilcox visited in the 1920s. In this image, the artist appears to have recorded the sunrise, paying especial attention to the color and shape of the clouds. Wilcox later acknowledged that the pure colors he used in his work were perceived as bold at the time, though it was not his intention.
Inscriptions
Signed, in red chalk, at bottom right: Frank Wilcox
Provenance
?-1952: William Mathewson Milliken, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art 1952-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Exhibition history
The Cleveland Institute of Art: 100 Years. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 22, 1982-January 30, 1983).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Frank Wilcox (American, 1887–1964)
- Date
- 1925
- Medium
- watercolor
- Dimensions
- Paper: 38.1 x 50.8 cm (15 x 20 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawing
- Department
- Drawings
- Credit line
- The Mary Spedding Milliken Memorial Collection, Gift of William Mathewson Milliken
- Accession no.
- 1952.82
More by Frank Wilcox in museum collections
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00011182
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