ID 1182815
Lot 17 | JOHN MARIN (1870-1953)
Estimate value
$ 30 000 – 50 000
Blue Black Sea, Grey Sky and Ledges, Region Cape Split, Maine
signed and dated 'Marin 37' (lower right)
watercolor, gouache and charcoal on paper
15 3⁄8 x 20 7⁄8 in. (39 x 53 cm.)
Executed in 1937.
Provenance
The artist.
Estate of the above.
Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York.
Acquired by the late owner from the above.
Literature
S. Reich, John Marin: A Stylistic Analysis and Catalogue Raisonné, vol. II, Tucson, Arizona, 1970, p. 684, no. 37.1, illustrated.
Art in America, September-October 1973, p. 121, illustrated (as Blue Black Sea, Grey Sky and Ledges).
Exhibited
Utica, New York, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, John Marin, Watercolors, Oils, Prints and Drawings, December 2-30, 1951, no. 23.
Houston, Texas, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, John Marin Memorial Exhibition, November 29, 1953-January 3, 1954, no. 31 (as Blue, Black Sea).
New York, Kennedy Galleries, Inc., John Marin and the Sea, October 19-November 19, 1982, no. 40, illustrated.
| Artist: | John Marin (1870 - 1953) |
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| Applied technique: | Watercolor on paper |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Genre: | Marine art |
| Category: | Drawings |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
| Artist: | John Marin (1870 - 1953) |
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| Applied technique: | Watercolor on paper |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Genre: | Marine art |
| Category: | Drawings |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
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