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West Point, Maine

1914

John Marin

(American, 1870–1953)
Culture
America
Medium
Watercolor with scraping and traces of graphite on thick, moderately rough-textured wove paper
Measurements
Image and Sheet: 38 x 40.8 cm (14 15/16 x 16 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift 2020.139
Copyright
© Estate of John Marin / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
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John Marin returned repeatedly to the site in Maine where he made this watercolor, each time portraying through color, paint handling, perspective, and movement his spontaneous experience of the place.

Description

One of America’s most important watercolorists, John Marin repeatedly challenged accepted ideas about what the medium could do, taking an improvisational approach to color, paint handling, perspective, and movement. This watercolor was made during Marin’s first summer in Maine, 1914, a place that would become central to his watercolor practice for years to come. Marin often returned to the same spot repeatedly, making watercolors each time in response to the light and weather of the moment. West Point, Maine, is one of three watercolors in the CMA's collection made at the same spot (see 2020.136 and 2020.138). This watercolor shows Marin's responsiveness to the season and vegetation of autumn expressed through color and other hallmarks of his style, chiefly his great variety of marks, from bold dashes to transparent washes.

West Point, Maine

1914

John Marin

(American, 1870–1953)
America

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