Broadway, Singer Building

1912

John Marin

Associated Names
John Marin

Artist, American, 1870 - 1953

The image shows a cityscape with tall buildings ascending toward the top of the frame. The horizon line is suggested by the base of the buildings meeting the street. The buildings are depicted with loose, expressive brushstrokes, creating an impressionistic effect. The style is watercolor, giving a delicate and fluid quality, with colors bleeding into one another. The color palette consists of soft pastels in shades of blue, pink, and earthy tones, blending seamlessly to evoke an urban scene.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor over graphite

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer

  • Dimensions

    overall: 50.5 x 39.4 cm (19 7/8 x 15 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1967.13.7

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Reich 1970, 12.9

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1913

  • International Exhibition of Modern Art [The Armory Show], Association of American Painters and Sculptors, Armory of the Sixty-Ninth Infantry, New York, 1913, no. 143 (not shown in Chicago or Boston).

Bibliography

1963

  • Brown, Milton W. The Story of the Armory Show. New York, 1963: 265, no. 143.

1970

  • Reich, Sheldon. John Marin: A Stylistic Analysis and Catalogue Raisonné. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1970, no. 12.9.

Inscriptions

lower right: Marin 12

Wikidata ID

Q64582861

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