Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

1942-1943

John Marin

Associated Names
John Marin

Artist, American, 1870 - 1953

The image shows abstract shapes and lines outlining two human forms, one dynamic and the other static on the right side. In the top left corner, an abstract sun with straight lines radiating outward is depicted. Above the figures, the text "MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR" is inscribed, along with the years "1942" and "1943."
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    hand-colored etching on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of John Marin, Jr.

  • Dimensions

    plate: 12.54 × 14.92 cm (4 15/16 × 5 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1986.54.155

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Zigrosser 1969, no. 178

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1969

  • Zigrosser, Carl. The Complete Etchings of John Marin. Pennsylvania: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1969, no. 178.

Inscriptions

upper right in plate: MERRY CHRISTMAS 1942 1943 / and HAPPY NEW YEAR; lower left in plate: Marin 42; lower right in graphite on heavy card: To Lyda + Retta from John + Marie

Wikidata ID

Q74874355

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