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John Marin
American, 1870-1953

John Marin American, 1870-1953

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John Marin, Blue, Grey Sea, Cape Split, 1939
John Marin, Blue, Grey Sea, Cape Split, 1939 Framed image
John Marin, Blue, Grey Sea, Cape Split, 1939 Verso

John Marin American, 1870-1953

Blue, Grey Sea, Cape Split, 1939
Watercolour and graphite on paper
40.64 x 53.34 cm
16 x 21 in
1180001
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Further images

  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 1 ) John Marin, Sunset, 1914
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 2 ) John Marin, Sunset, 1914
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 3 ) John Marin, Sunset, 1914
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Provenance

The Downtown Gallery, New York.
Acquired from the above in 1952 by previous owner;
Acquired from the above by JC Gallery;

Exhibitions

Ithaca, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, The David M. Solinger Collection: Masterworks of Twentieth Century Art, 2002-03, p. 110, illustrated.
London, JC Gallery, James Ward presents: American Modernism, 2023
London, JC Gallery, James Ward Presents: Seven Americans, 2024

Literature

Sheldon Reich, John Marin: Catalogue Raisonné, vol. II, Tucson, 1970, no. 39.5, p. 696, illustrated.

Paintings of this period for Marin were incredibly robust, considering he was a man in his sixties. The excitement and vigour in these works show how invested Marin was in his subjects and how vital painting was to his character.

Marin mentioned in a letter to Stieglitz that working between watercolour and oils helped him get closer to and understand his subjects better. A dialogue between the immediacy of watercolour and the slower pace of oils allowed Marin to take in his landscapes with a more dialectical human approach.

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