Grain Elevators at Weehawken

c. 1912

John Marin

Associated Names
John Marin

Artist, American, 1870 - 1953

The image displays an abstract composition of soft, angular shapes and meandering lines. The dominant shapes are rectangular, filled with muted browns and blues. The color palette includes purples blending into browns. The intersecting lines and shapes suggest architectural forms breaking through a foggy atmosphere, resembling a cityscape seen from afar.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor over graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of John Marin, Jr.

  • Dimensions

    overall: 36.2 x 42.5 cm (14 1/4 x 16 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1986.54.48

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Reich 1970, 12.26

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Reich, Sheldon. John Marin: A Stylistic Analysis and Catalogue Raisonné. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1970, no. 12.26.

Inscriptions

by later hand, upper center verso in graphite: 370=; upper right verso in graphite: NBM 2/16/84 / SR 12.26 / (Grain Elevators at Weehawken) / 14 1/8 x 16 3/4 Ca. 1912 a. 1912

Wikidata ID

Q64582907

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