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.

Bright-colored fairy-like figures, painted in pink, green, and purple, surround a grey table

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

Watercolor painting of green grassy hills, a house in the distance, a tree near the middle, a windmill to the right, and a hill in the background, with a blue sky

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

Circular watercolor painting of a Japanese woman with a yellow-brown circle behind her head and a background of green, red, and brown watercolor markings

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

Oval portrait of a woman with long, red curly hair, a straw hat, and pink flowers on the right side of her hair and hat, with her white clothing fading into the white background

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

Ink drawing of a woman in a floor-length dress, hair tied up, holding a tennis racquet close to her chest with a tennis ball in the top-left corner of the background, initialled by Charles Demuth (C.H.D.) in the bottom-left corner

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

Watercolor painting of a downtown street lined with bare trees, with a series of red rowhouses with a white rowhouse with green shuttters in the center of the background, with 3 people dressed in black walking on the sidewalk in front of the rowhous…

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

Watercolor portrait of man centered on the paper, a dark grey cap, blushing pink cheeks, dark black eyes, a purple collar, and loose grey watercolor paint below his collar and behind his head

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

Watercoloring painting of a canal, with a row of houses along the right, a church steeple in the background, with colors of green, purple, and pink throughout, with a light grey sky

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

Abstract graphite sketch of a man with fluid, connected light grey pencil lines creating a side view of a man’s face, neck, and shoulders

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

Linear graphite sketch of two faces, a larger face in the background facing away from the viewer, nose and chin visible, and a small face drawn on top of the other face with a side-view of a face, with one eye, nose, mouth, and chin visible

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

Vibrant watercolor painting of circular bay with blue water, a yellow sailboat in the center, surrounded by a yellow beach with green trees in the background and a sky of blues, yellows, and reds

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

Watercolor painting of a woman standing in the center wearing a red dress, with a green parrot sitting on each hand and a red and orange parrot on top of her head, and a red, green, and blue parrot flying in the top right corner, with a dark grey ba…

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

Watercolor painting of a woman in the center, wearing a black hooded cloak, hand to her face, facing the viewer, with a grey building wall and a window with black shutters to her right, with a street and grey and red buildings in the background to t…

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

Watercolor painting of four women, with one woman in the foreground with black hair, facing the viewer, furrowed eyebrows, with loose black watercolor beneath her face, with three other women lightly painted in the background, one facing the viewer,…

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

Drawing of a female figure standing in the center of the paper, with dark red hair, arms outstretched, back arched, and one leg crossed over the other

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

Graphite line drawing of four nude men, one on far left with back facing the viewer, second man bent forward with his hands touching the ground, third man standing face-on with one arm crossing his body, and the man on the right mid-stride with his …

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

Watercolor and ink portrait of a man from the waist up, holding a piece of paper, wearing a red tie, collared shirt, and round glasses, with blonde hair

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

Watercolor painting of a seascape with red and purple water, small sailboats scattered throughout the water, and a wash of blue, grey, and yellow watercolor in the sky

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

Graphite sketch of three men overlapping each other, from the shoulders up, all facing away from the viewer. The back of two of the men’s heads are shown, and the third man is an abstract line drawing of a facial side-view and shirt collar.

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

Watercolor painting of a group of three men wearing black tuxedos sitting around a table with cups, with two people visible in the background sitting around another table, with a black wash of watercolor in the background

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

Watercolor painting of a landscape with trees and bushes painted out of darker and lighter greens, with a wash of grey, purple, and blue watercolor in the sky

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

Watercolor painting of tall flowers with white circular petals and shorter flowers with long, brown petals against a blue background

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

Graphite sketch of two can-can dancers, both kicking one leg in the air, wearing circular hats with a stage spotlight or curtain lightly sketched in the background

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

Graphite sketch of two men wearing suits and bow-ties, one doing a cartwheel in front, the second leaning to the right with his right hand in the air, with some pencil marks added to the center of the page

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

Graphite sketch of two men wearing suits and bow-ties, one doing a cartwheel in front, the second leaning to the right with his right hand in the air

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

Watercolor painting of trees and foliage in various greens, browns, and yellows, with the brown trunk and branches of a tree in the center of the image

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

Watercolor painting of a beach with a blue sea, two sailboats and four people, from left to right: a woman with the back to the viewer wearing a red cap and black dress, arms outstretched; a woman seated on the beach, back to the viewer, wearing a p…

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

Watercolor painting of house rooftops viewed from above, painted red, grey, or brown, with a wash of blue and brown watercolors for the horizon

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

Pencil drawing of a landscape, including trees, buildings, and foliage, with highlights of color from watercolor paints, including green trees, red, orange, and yellow buildings, and a blue sky

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

Watercolor painting of a village, with a large tree with green leaves in the foreground, a red church with a tall white steeple in the background, surrounded by smaller buildings and a light blue sky

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

Watercolor painting of a blue sea, a sailboat, and four bathers wearing black dresses, one wearing a red cap. Three bathers look out to the sailboat, and one faces towards the viewer.

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

Graphite sketch of a building, with a triangular pediment in the foreground, a rotunda with columns and a dome in the center, with clouds around the building and diagonal lines creating rays throughout the image from the top of the drawing.

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

Watercolor painting of three purple irises in bloom, some petals left uncolored and only lightly sketched, with a mix of purples and blues in the background in a watercolor wash

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

Painting of three plants in red pots, including a red flower, a white flower on a leafy vine, and tall brown flowers, surrounded by two pink butterflies and a deep blue background.

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

Graphite drawing that includes a flower growing out of a pot in the bottom left corner, the words “Eugene O’Neill” near the center, with dark and lighter areas of shading filled in with pencil lines in various directions

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

Watercolor painting of red and orange zinnias surrounded by green leaves intertwined with each other, with a few flowers and leaves left unpainted and only lightly sketched with pencil

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

Etching of a dove in flight, holding a flower in its beak, in the left-center of the painting, with a signature etched in that says ‘Charlie Demuth Nov 24 1928’ in the top right corner

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

A painting of pink and blue curtains pulled back to show a crest in the center of a brown deer and black unicorn standing on either side of blue, green, and red shield

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

Watercolor painting of two yellow daffodils with green stems, with dark, angular strokes of black watercolor in the background behind the flowers

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

Small and minimal graphite sketch of the top of a dome, with an outline of a mermaid, arms outstretched, placed on the top of the dome

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

Watercolor painting of 8 pink tulips and their green leaves and stems with a central composition, with dark, angular strokes of black watercolor behind the tulips

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