The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

Landscape (verso)

1914

John Marin

(American, 1870–1953)
America
watercolor with graphite
Sheet: 36.6 x 46.5 cm (14 7/16 x 18 5/16 in.)
Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund 1950.87.b
© 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.
  • 1914. The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD (organizer) (October 6-November 15, 1964).
  • {{cite web|title=Landscape (verso)|url=false|author=John Marin|year=1914|access-date=19 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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