Deer Isle, Maine

1923

John Marin

Associated Names
John Marin

Artist, American, 1870 - 1953

The image shows a landscape with a horizon above the center. Soft blue mountains extend across the width. Brushstrokes are expressive and fluid, with a loose and somewhat abstract technique. The color palette includes greens, blues, earth tones, with patches of bright red and yellow. Rich green vegetation is on either side, leading to the distant mountains. The sky above is a muted blue and gray with faint hints of peach.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor and charcoal on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of John Marin, Jr.

  • Dimensions

    overall: 34.9 x 44.1 cm (13 3/4 x 17 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1986.54.79

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Reich 1970, 23.16

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Reich, Sheldon. John Marin: A Stylistic Analysis and Catalogue Raisonné. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1970, no. 23.16.

1990

  • Fine, Ruth E. John Marin. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1990, p. 196, pl. 189.

Inscriptions

lower right in charcoal: Marin 23

Wikidata ID

Q64582940

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