Profile, Rowe, Massachusetts

1918

John Marin

Associated Names
John Marin

Artist, American, 1870 - 1953

The image shows a watercolor painting of a cow's profile, facing to the right. It features the cow's head and part of the neck, emphasizing its facial features such as a large eye and horns. The cow's fur is depicted in shades of brown and cream, while the background has muted blue and gray tones. The artist's signature is at the bottom right corner.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor over graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of John Marin, Jr.

  • Dimensions

    overall: 42.4 x 36 cm (16 11/16 x 14 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1986.54.62

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Reich 1970, 18.31

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Reich, Sheldon. John Marin: A Stylistic Analysis and Catalogue Raisonné. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1970, no. 18.31.

Inscriptions

lower right in watercolor and graphite: Marin 18; center left verso in graphite: Profile 1918 / Rowe. Mass. / 16 1/2 x 14 / ACC; upper right verso in graphite: NBM 2/16/84 SR18.3 1; uRv//in ball point pen: Referred to in Helm / Biography of John Marin / p.41; cLv//stamped in blac k: 43

Wikidata ID

Q64582921

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