Hudson River, Region of Peekskill

1910

John Marin

Associated Names
John Marin

Artist, American, 1870 - 1953

The image depicts a watercolor painting showing an elevated perspective over a body of water stretching towards the horizon. The horizon is placed above the center of the painting, displaying distant land or mountains as soft, muted shapes. The loose and fluid brushstrokes create an impressionistic effect, suggesting the landscape. The color palette is dominated by cool hues, primarily shades of blue and purple with hints of pink and a touch of red creating a path-like shape in the foreground. The sky blends with the landscape, evoking an overcast or misty atmosphere that lends a serene and dreamlike quality to the scene.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of John Marin, Jr.

  • Dimensions

    overall: 36.1 x 39.2 cm (14 3/16 x 15 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1986.54.43

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Reich 1970, 10.32


Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

2009

  • Lives of the Hudson, 2009-2010

Bibliography

1970

  • Reich, Sheldon. John Marin: A Stylistic Analysis and Catalogue Raisonné. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1970, no. 10.32.

2010

  • Berry, Ian and Tom Lewis. Lives of the Hudson (The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum & Art Gallery, Saratoga Springs, 2009-2010) Saratoga Springs, Munich, New York: 2010. p. 211

Inscriptions

lower left in watercolor: MARIN 10, following inscriptions all by later hand; upper left verso in graphite and crossedout: 7 / 56=; center verso in ink stamp: 10; center verso in gra phite: Hudson River / Region of / 1910 Peekskill / 12 1/2 x 18 1/2 / NCC; uLv//in ballpoint pen: JH;

Wikidata ID

Q64582902

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