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Marin Island (recto)

Marin Island (recto)

1914
(American, 1870–1953)
America, 20th century
watercolor
Sheet: 41.5 x 36.6 cm (16 5/16 x 14 7/16 in.)
Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund 1950.87.a
© Estate of John Marin / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Location: not on view

Description

Marin bought a small island off the coast of Maine, but never lived there due to its lack of running water. However, it provided the site for numerous watercolors during his first summers in Maine. He anchored this work’s rainbow palette with a pool of dark green in the center, one of the few elements that grounds the composition in space. The playful blue flicks in the sky suggest something nonrepresentational, such as light, or energy.
  • 1945
    purchased from An American Place gallery 4/13/45 by J. Zirinsky
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    Giuffrida, Noelle. Separating Sheep from Goats: Sherman E. Lee and Chinese Art Collecting in Postwar America. Oakland, California: University of California Press, 2018. Reproduced: p. 115, fig. 67
  • Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 11, 2022-January 8, 2023).
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    Made in U.S.A., l'art américain, 1908-1943, entre nationalisme et internationalisme [FRAME]. Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes, Rennes, France (January 17-March 31, 2002).
    American Drawings from the Permanent Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 19-July 12, 1998).
    Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; 4/19/98 - 7/12/98. "American Drawings from the Permanent Collection."
    1914. The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD (organizer) (October 6-November 15, 1964).
  • {{cite web|title=Marin Island (recto)|url=false|author=John Marin|year=1914|access-date=24 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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