Provenance
The artist; [with Milch Galleries, New York]; purchased from the above for $425, 1952.
References
O’Leary, Daniel E (1998). Journeys over Water: The Paintings of Stephen Etnier. Portland, ME: Portland Museum of Art, 1998.
Beem, Edgar Allen (1990). Maine Art Now. Gardiner, ME: Dog Ear Press. pp. 31–36. ISBN 0-937966-31-2. (essay: “You Should Paint what You Love: Stephen Etnier” pp. 31–36)
Jordan, John W. Genealogical and personal history of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania. New York City, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913.
Lawrence, Wade. Stephen Etnier, 1903-1984: A Retrospective. York, PA: Historical Society of York County, 1989.
Etnier, Elizabeth. On Gilbert Head: Maine Days. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1937.
Cole, Jean; Stephen Etnier (1985). Overworked Guardian Angel. (privately published autobiography)
Little, Carl (April–May 2008). “Stephen Etnier: Painter of Coasts, Sailor of Seas”. Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors Magazine.
“Stephen Etnier: A Long Voyage Home”. American Artist. June 1972.
“Stephen Etnier: Painter of a Gay, Sunny World”. American Artist. June 1956.
“Stephen Etnier: Remoter Realism”. Art News. January 1946.
“Stephen Etnier: Bad Boy Artist”. Esquire. May 1939.
“Stephen Etnier”. Magazine of Art. January 1938.”