Doris Riker Beer

Old Customs House, Nantucket

Doris Riker Beer's original watercolor, Old Customs House, Nantucket, stands as an accomplished example of her art. Doris Riker Beer was well known for her depictions of landmarks in and around Nantucket Island. Working mostly in the medium of miniature watercolor, she conveyed a sense of depth and detail far greater than the actual size of her art. Old Customs House, Nantucket, for example measures 3 1/2" by 4". This original watercolor is signed and dated in pencil by Doris Riker Beer to the lower right.

Natucket's Customs House was established in 1791. William Rotch, a shipping magnate, began construction on the building in 1772, and it first served as his warehouse and offices. In the early nineteenth century the building was sold to an insurance company which operated there until the Great Fire of 1846. The original walls, however, remained and a new building was constructed with the addition of a third story. The U.S. Customs House remained upstairs until 1913.

Old Customs House, Nantucket

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Title:	Old Customs House, Nantucket
Artist:	Beer, Doris Riker (New York, 1898 - Nantucket, MA, 1967)
Date:	1963
Medium:	Original Watercolor
Note:	Doris Riker Beer: Born and raised in New York, Doris Riker Beer studied art there, at the Art Students League, Cooper Union and at Columbia University, under Arthur Dow. She began her career in New York city as a theatrical and costume designer. Her husband, Richard Beer (Born, 1893 - Died, 1959), was also an artist as well as a writer for The Saturday Evening Post and Art News. Together they moved permanently to Nantucket in 1940 and established the Wharf Head Studio on the Old North Wharf.
	Doris Riker Beer and Richard Beer operated the Wharf Head Studio for eighteen years. During the time they produced many views of the area and often worked in collaboration, with Richard supplying the original sketch and Doris Riker Beer completing the design in watercolor. Today the watercolors of Doris Riker Beer are included in the collections of the Artists Association of Nantucket and the Nantucket Historical Association.
Size:	3 1/2 X 4 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Framed and Matted with 100% Archival Materials

Condition:	Painted upon thick, archival watercolor paper and with margins trimmed to around half an inch to the image on all sides. Signed and dated in pencil to the lower right. This original watercolor is in excellent condition throughout without a trace of fading or staining. Old Customs House, Nantucket, represents a fine, original example of the Nantucket art of Doris Riker Beer.
Subject:	Doris Riker Beer, Old Customs House, Nantucket, original watercolor, landmarks in and around Nantucket Island, the Old North Wharf, Richard Beer (Born, 1893 - Died, 1959), the Artists Association of Nantucket and the Nantucket Historical Association.
Price:	Sold - The price is no longer available.
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