Object Details
Artist
John Marin, American, b. Rutherford, New Jersey, 1870–1953
Provenance
Alfred Steiglitz, An American Place, New York, 1948-at least January 1949
Downtown Gallery, New York, to 24 January 1953
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 24 January 1953-17 May 1966
Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1966
Exhibition History
AN AMERICAN PLACE, New York. John Marin, 7 December 1948-31 January 1949.
FRANK PERLS GALLERY, Beverly Hills. The John Marin Exhibition of Oils and Watercolors, 1946 to 1980, 31 May-3 July 1951, no. 3.
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERS, New York. John Marin, 1870-1953, 15 January-14 February 1954, no. 16.
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON. John Marin Memorial Exhibition (Art Galleries, UCLA, organizer), 1 March-17 April 1955, no. 22. TOUR: PHILLIPS COLLECTION, Washington, DC, 15 May-30 June; SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF ART, 31 July-11 September; ART GALLERIES, University of California at Los Angeles, 28 September-9 November; CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART, 17 November-1 January 1956; MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ARTS, 18 January-14 February; SOCIETY OF THE FOUR ARTS, Palm Beach, Florida, 23 March-1 April; GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART, University of Georgia, Athens, 22 April-20 May; WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, New York, 13 June-29 July.
BROOKLYN MUSEUM, New York. Paintings from the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Collection: A View of the Protean Century, 8 February-5 April 1965, no. 85 (not part of AFA tour).
LA JOLLA MUSEUM OF ART, California. Marsden Hartley--John Marin, 12 February-27 March 1966, no. 38, ill.
CAPE SPLIT PLACE, Addison, Maine. John Marin: The Etchings and Related Oils, Drawings, and Watercolors, 1 August-1 October 1980, no. 65.
PARRISH ART MUSEUM, Southampton, New York. Marin in Oil, 19 July-20 September 1987, no. 45, ill. p. 110. TOUR: NORTON GALLERY AND SCHOOL OF ART, West Palm Beach, Florida, 11 October-29 November; TELFAIR ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES, Savannah, 20 January-7 March 1988; MUSEUM OF ART, PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, University Park, 20 March-18 May; ALBRIGHT-KNOX ART MUSEUM, Buffalo, 16 July-4 September.
Published References
CRAWFORD, PEGGY F. "Marin's Line," Art Digest (15 November 1948), p. 31.
REICH, SHELDON. John Marin: A Stylistic Analysis and Catalogue Raisonné, 2 vols. (Tucson: University of Arizona, 1970), no. 48.35, ill. p. 765.
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1966
Date
1948
Accession Number
66.3320
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
28 1/8 x 23 1/4 in. (71.3 x 59 cm)
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection
School
Early American Modernism
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Link to Original Record
Record ID
hmsg_66.3320