Lot 12
  • 12

John Marin

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • John Marin
  • Islands and Sea, Small Point, Maine
  • signed Marin and dated 17 (lower left)
  • watercolor and charcoal on paper
  • 16 1/2 by 19 1/2 in.
  • 42 by 49.5 cm.

Provenance

Estate of the artist
Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York

Exhibited

New York, Daniel Gallery, John Marin, April, 1920, no. 42 (as Islands, Smaill Point, Maine) (probably)
Medford, Tufts University Art Gallery, Highlights of the Dorothy M. Skinner and John S. Cook Bequest, May, 2008

Literature

Sheldon Reich, John Marin:  A Stylistic Analysis and Catalogue Raisonné, Arizona, 1970, vol. II, no. 17.12, p. 447, illustrated

Condition

in good condition, generally; slight fading to surface, although pigments are still crisp and details are sharp; pinholes at corners; sheet is hinged to backing with pieces of tape along the upper edge, verso
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