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Downtown New York, Three Movements

1925

John Marin

Associated Names

John Marin

Artist, American, 1870 - 1953

The image displays intersecting lines and shapes creating a complex web of angular forms. The abstract composition suggests urban scenes, with shapes resembling rooftops or buildings and others suggesting figures walking along a street. Hints of architecture and human figures can be discerned amidst the chaotic arrangement of lines, reminiscent of cityscape elements.

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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: 21 × 16.8 cm (8 1/4 × 6 5/8 in.)
sheet: 33.7 × 28.3 cm (13 1/4 × 11 1/8 in.)
Accession Number

2008.115.3338
Catalogue Raisonné

Zigrosser 1969, no. 142

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. 142.

1991

Beall, Karen F., and David W. Kiehl. Graphic Excusrions: American Prints in Black and White, 1900-1950, Selections from the Collection of Reba and Dave Williams. Boston, Massachusetts: D. R. Godine, 1991, p. 17.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: Marin 25; lower left in graphite: John Marin; lower right in graphite: Downtown N.Y.

Wikidata ID

Q76442849

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