Palazzo Dario, Venice

1907

John Marin

Associated Names
John Marin

Artist, American, 1870 - 1953

The image depicts a Venetian canal scene with a detailed focus on a building by the water. The building has ornate circular and arched windows. The etching uses fine line work to show texture and structure. The color palette is monochrome with varying shades of grey. Gondolas with a gondolier are seen in the foreground, while distant parts of the city are suggested through softer lines, conveying depth in the historic cityscape.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Norma B. Marin

  • Dimensions

    plate: 19.7 x 14 cm (7 3/4 x 5 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 24 x 16.5 cm (9 7/16 x 6 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2005.98.181

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Zigrosser 1969, no. 67

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Norma B. Marin, New York; acquired 2005 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1995

  • Prints by James McNeill Whistler and His Contemporaries, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1995

Bibliography

1969

  • Zigrosser, Carl. The Complete Etchings of John Marin. Pennsylvania: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1969, no. 67.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Marin / 07; lower right in plate: Palazzo / Dario / Venezia; lower right in graphite: John Marin; lower left of mount in graphite by unknown hand: A-1

Wikidata ID

Q75121685

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