LOT DETAILS
Materials:
oil on canvas
Size Notes:
(58.4 x 76.2 cm.), overall
Markings:
signed and dated 'Marin 40' (lower right)
Exhibited:
New York, An American Place, John Marin, December 11, 1940-January 21, 1941, one of no. 2-5. Boston, Massachusetts, Institute of Modern Art, and elsewhere, John Marin: A Retrospective Exhibition, 1947, no. 8. New York, Kennedy Galleries, Inc., John Marin and the Sea, October 19-November 19, 1982. Southampton, New York, Parrish Art Museum, and elsewhere, Marin in Oil, July 18-September 20, 1987, no. 33. New York, Kennedy Galleries, Inc., John Marin: Paintings and Watercolors, 1940 to 1953, November 4-25, 1989, no. 1.
Literature:
Institute of Modern Art, John Marin: A Retrospective Exhibition, exhibition catalogue, Boston, Massachusetts, 1947, p. 36, no. 8. S. Reich, John Marin: A Stylistic Analysis and Catalogue Raisonné, vol. II, Tucson, Arizona, 1970, p. 708, no. 40.19. Kennedy Galleries, Inc., John Marin and the Sea, exhibition catalogue, New York, 1982, n.p., no. 49, illustrated. K. Kertess, Marin in Oil, exhibition catalogue, Southampton, New York, 1987, pp. 54, 98, no. 33, illustrated. Kennedy Galleries, Inc., John Marin: Paintings and Watercolors, 1940 to 1953, exhibition catalogue, New York, 1989, n.p., no. 1.
Provenance:
John Marin, Jr., son of the artist. Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York, acquired from the above, circa 1981. Private collection, acquired from the above, 1989. Acquired by the present owner from the above.