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Sailboat

1932

John Marin

Associated Names

John Marin

Artist, American, 1870 - 1953

American Artists Group

Publisher

The image displays an intricate network of angular lines and sharp edges forming an abstract composition. The arrangement resembles a sailboat with its sails billowing. Below the boat are jagged lines resembling turbulent waves. Two small figures appear on the deck. The abstract lines evoke the essence of a boat at sea, inspiring the viewer to imagine the open ocean.

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Artwork overview

Medium

etching in black on wove paper
Credit Line

Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Dimensions

plate: 17.6 × 23.6 cm (6 15/16 × 9 5/16 in.)
sheet: 30.2 × 45.9 cm (11 7/8 × 18 1/16 in.)
Accession Number

2008.115.3339
Catalogue Raisonné

Zigrosser 1969, no. 155

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Reba and Dave Williams, Greenwich, Connecticut; acquired 2008 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Dave H. and Reba W. Williams

Bibliography

1969

Zigrosser, Carl. The Complete Etchings of John Marin. Pennsylvania: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1969, no. 155.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Marin 32

Wikidata ID

Q76456331

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