Lot 20
  • 20

John Marin 1870-1953

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • John Marin
  • Tree and Sea, Maine
  • signed Marin and dated '32, l.r.
  • watercolor and pencil on paper
  • 20 1/2 by 15 3/4 in.
  • (52.1 by 40.0 cm)

Provenance

Estate of the Artist
Acme Art, San Francisco, California
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1987

Exhibited

Washington, D.C., Studio House, John Marin, February 1937, no. 9
Iowa City, Iowa, State University of Iowa, Vintage Moderns, May-August 1962, no. 39, illustrated
Tucson, Arizona, University of Arizona, John Marin, February-March 1963, no. 56
New York, Willard Gallery, John Marin, Paintings of the 1930's, March-April 1965, no. 6

Literature

Sheldon Reich, John Marin: A Stylistic Analysis and Catalogue Raisonné, vol. II, Tucson, Arizona, 1970, no. 32.53, p. 651, illustrated

Condition

Good condition; unframed: affixed to mat along the top edge and at all four corners, pinholes at four corners, some possible fading, slightly dirty at upper left edge.
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