Skyscrapers in Construction, No. 2

1930

John Marin

Associated Names
John Marin

Artist, American, 1870 - 1953

The image shows an urban scene with several tall buildings drawn in an abstract style with intricate hatch marks. The buildings have a vertical and dynamic appearance. The color palette is monochromatic, with shades of black and gray on a light background. Some distant structures are visible, and there are also lower buildings with sharp lines and angles in the foreground.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Norma B. Marin

  • Dimensions

    plate: 25.2 x 17.6 cm (9 15/16 x 6 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 28 x 20.8 cm (11 x 8 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2005.98.193

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Zigrosser 1969, no. 148

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Norma B. Marin, New York; acquired 2005 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1969

  • Zigrosser, Carl. The Complete Etchings of John Marin. Pennsylvania: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1969, no. 148.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: Marin 30; upper left verso in graphite by unknown hand: B128 / A1 / C.Z. 148; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: CSP#1 / 139AP

Watermarks

Whatman

Wikidata ID

Q75121622

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