DETAILS
- Artist
- John Marin
- Date
- 1919
- Medium
- Watercolor with charcoal and charcoal wash, on moderately thick, moderately textured, off-white wove paper (lower and right edges trimmed), in original frame
- Location
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Dimensions
- 42.3 × 35.2 cm (16 11/16 × 13 7/8 in.)
- Collection
- Prints and Drawings
- Culture
- United States
- Credit line
- Alfred Stieglitz Collection
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THE ARTIST
John Marin
John Marin captured the dynamic energy of New York City and the rugged beauty of the Maine coast in his groundbreaking abstract watercolors.
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