Notre Dame

c. 1907

John Marin

Associated Names
John Marin

Artist, American, 1870 - 1953

The image shows an impressionistic view of a large cathedral. The structure dominates the right side of the scene, with the horizon suggested by the lower edges of the cathedral walls meeting the ground and by the rooflines of smaller adjoining buildings towards the left. The brushstrokes are soft and loose, lending a blurred quality to the architecture. The color palette is subdued, with cool grays and blues dominating the cathedral, while the sky to the left has warm tones of peach and yellow, possibly suggesting a sunset or sunrise.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor and graphite on J Whatman wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of John Marin, Jr.

  • Dimensions

    overall: 39 x 28.4 cm (15 3/8 x 11 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1986.54.36

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Reich 1970, 07.6

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Reich, Sheldon. John Marin: A Stylistic Analysis and Catalogue Raisonné. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1970, no. 07.6.

1990

  • Fine, Ruth E. John Marin. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1990, p. 85, pl. 77.

2018

  • Wagner, Ann Prentice and Josephine White Rodgers. Becoming John Marin: Modernist at Work, Exh. cat. Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, 2018: 48-49, fig. 4.5.

Inscriptions

all by later hand, upper right verso in graphite: NBM 2/2/84 / S.R. 07.6; upper left verso in graphite: 7; upper center verso in pen: (Notre Dame) / c. 1907 / 15 1/2 x 11; upper right verso in pen: #30 SR [scratched over]

Watermarks

J Whatman / 1881

Wikidata ID

Q64582893

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