John Marin American, 1870-1953
A Bit of Jordan's Delight, Maine, 1939
Watercolor and pencil on paper
15⅛ x 20½ inches
38.4 x 52.1 cm
38.4 x 52.1 cm
Signed and dated at lower right: Marin 39
Reserved
Schoelkopf Gallery is the exclusive worldwide representative of the John Marin Foundation.
Schoelkopf Gallery is the exclusive worldwide representative of the John Marin Foundation.
Provenance
The artist; toEstate of the artist, 1953; to
[Kennedy Galleries, New York]; to
David and Peggy Rockefeller, New York; by gift to
Private collection, New York; by descent to
Private collection, California;
[Sale: Sotheby's, New York, December 11, 2020, lot 38]; to
Private collection
Exhibitions
An American Place, New York, New Oils, New Watercolors, by John Marin, December 3, 1939-January 17, 1940, one of nos. 1-12Cape Split Place, Addison, Maine; Dartmouth College Museum Galleries, Hanover, New Hampshire; Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts; and the New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, John Marin's Maine--A Tribute, August 1, 1978-June 24, 1979
Schoelkopf Gallery, New York, John Marin: Communing with the Colossal, October 24-December 12, 2025Literature
Sheldon Reich, John Marin: A Stylistic Analysis and Catalogue Raisonné, Vol. II, Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1970, p. 696, no. 39.2, illus.
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