Downtown Synthesis (Preliminary)

1925, printed 1996

John Marin

Associated Names
John Marin

Artist, American, 1870 - 1953

Ruth Fine

Printer, American, born 1941

The image shows a cityscape with tall buildings, depicted in a sketchy and abstract style. The scene is monochromatic with black lines on a white background. Two figures are near easels or carts in the foreground. The buildings lack detail, depicted by the varying lines.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Norma B. Marin

  • Dimensions

    plate: 24.5 x 19.1 cm (9 5/8 x 7 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 42.6 x 27.6 cm (16 3/4 x 10 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1996.54.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Zigrosser 1969, no. 139

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Norma B. Marin, New York; acquired 1996 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. 139.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: Marin / 25; lower edge in graphite by unknown hand: One of two impressions printed on John Marin's press at the University / of the Arts, Philadelphia, 12 March 1996, by Ruth Fine

Wikidata ID

Q75396297

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