Marin Island, Small Point, Maine

Details

JOHN MARIN (1870-1953)
Marin Island, Small Point, Maine
signed and dated 'Marin/26' (lower left)
watercolor and charcoal on paper
17 3/4 x 22 in. (45.1 x 55.9 cm.)
Executed in 1926.

Provenance

The artist.
Private collection, by descent.
Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York.
Acquired by the late owners from the above, 1982.

Literature

S. Reich, John Marin: A Stylistic Analysis and Catalogue Raisonné, Tucson, Arizona, 1970, p. 565, no. 26.23, illustrated.
M.A. Erhardt, E. Broun, The Norma Lee and Martin Funger Art Collection, Lunenberg, Vermont, 1999, pp. 42-43, illustrated.

Exhibited

New York, Intimate Gallery, John Marin, November 9-December 11, 1927, no. 22 (as Marin Island, No. 2, Small Point, Maine).
New York, An American Place, 25 Years of John Marin: 1908-32, October 16-November 27, 1933, no. 19.
New York, Museum of Modern Art, John Marin: Watercolors, Oil Paintings, Etchings, October 21-November 22, 1936, p. 71, no. 76 (as Marin Isle. Small Point, Maine Series, No. 2).
New York, Kennedy Galleries, Inc., John Marin and the Sea, October 19-November 19, 1982, no. 18, illustrated.

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Lot Essay

Beginning in the summer of 1914, John Marin habitually escaped the bustle of New York City to spend the warmer months painting the rocky shoreline of Maine. For the first few summers, Marin stayed in the Small Point Harbor area, where he purchased a small island he named "Marin Island." Despite being virtually uninhabitable due to lack of a fresh water resource, the island was a favored subject for the artist.

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