Echo Lake, Franconia Range, White Mountain Country

1927

John Marin

Associated Names
John Marin

Artist, American, 1870 - 1953

The image is a landscape showing a mountainous terrain leading to water seen from an elevated angle. The horizon is near the top of the image where sky and mountains meet. The brushstrokes are varied, creating texture for the mountains and water. The color palette includes browns, greens, blues, and grays. Near the viewer, angular shapes suggest structures or paths leading to the water. In the distance, the mountains fade into a soft sky.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor and charcoal over graphite

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 44 x 56.5 cm (17 5/16 x 22 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.2.5

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Reich 1970, 27.31

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Reich, Sheldon. John Marin: A Stylistic Analysis and Catalogue Raisonné. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1970, p. 177, fig. 147, no. 27.31.

1990

  • Fine, Ruth E. John Marin. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1990, p. 215, pl. 208.

1997

  • Richler, Martha. National Gallery of Art, Washington: A World of Art. London, 1997: 186, fig. 28.

Inscriptions

lower right in black ink over graphite: Marin / 27; on verso inscribed

Wikidata ID

Q64582860

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