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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1928.111
People
John Marin, American (Rutherford, NJ 1870 - 1953 Addison, Cape Split, ME)
Frame by George F. Of
Title
In the Adirondacks
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1912
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/306473

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor over graphite on white wove paper
Dimensions
35.7 x 42 cm (14 1/16 x 16 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, graphite, English: l.l.: #7; center, M11 [circled and crossed out]; l.r.: 1800 [over] 1000
  • watermark: PM / FABRIANO / ITALY
  • exhibition label: backing board, paper, English: no. 291.29
  • exhibition label: backing board, paper, English: no. 54.1.3b-x
  • label: backing board, paper, English: Geo. F. OF, Inc./Picture Fram[er]/Established 1873/126 W 57th St./New York/[graphite:]Stieglitz #7 [ ]
  • gallery label: backing board, paper, English: The INTIMATE Gallery/room 303/Anderson Galleries Bldg/489 Park Ave. at 59th St., New York/[in ink:] Adirondacks, New York- 1912/ by John Marin
  • exhibition label: backing board, paper, removed: Selections and Transformations: the Art of John Marin, 28 Jan. 90 - 15 April 90 Cat. # 89 / John Marin / In the Adirondacks [underlined] / watercolor on graphite paper / Harvard University Art Museum
  • exhibition label: backing board, paper, English: no. 51-5-13
  • inscription: inscriptions: verso, graphite, lower left: #7; lower right: 1800/1000; center: M 11 (circled and crossed out)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Private Collector, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1928.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Gift
Copyright
© Estate of John Marin / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
Accession Year
1928
Object Number
1928.111
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Sheldon Reich, John Marin: A Stylistic Analysis and Catalogue Raisonné, University of Arizona Press (Tucson, AZ, 1970), vol. II, no. 12.28, reproduced in b/w
  • John Marin's Berkshire Landscapes, exh. cat., Berkshire Museum (Purchase, NY, 1985), fig. 3
  • Ruth E. Fine, John Marin, exh. cat., National Gallery of Art and Abbeville Press (Washington, D.C and New York, 1990), pl. 89, p. 97

Exhibition History

  • Paintings by 19 Living Americans, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 12/13/1929 - 01/12/1930
  • Unidentified Exhibition, Colby College Museum of Art, 1945, Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, 05/10/1945 - 06/06/1945
  • [John Marin], Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Boston, 05/01/1951 - 05/31/1951
  • [Marin Retrospective], Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, 01/19/1954 - 02/15/1954
  • Unidentified Exhibition, Thomas Crane Public Library, 1955, Thomas Crane Public Library, Quincy, 08/15/1955 - 08/20/1955
  • Selections and Transformations: The Art of John Marin, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 01/28/1990 - 04/15/1990

Verification Level

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