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John Marin

Lake George:On Andrew's Island, 1923

Description

Maker

John Marin, 1870-1953, American

Title

Lake George:On Andrew's Island

Year

1923

Medium

Watercolor

Materials/Techniques

Materials

watercolor

Supports

Heavily sized, hand made, wove rag watercolor paper

Dimensions

35.9 x 48.6 cm (14 1/8 x 19 1/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed and dated in LR:Marin 23

Type

Credit

Gift of Madeleine Sharrer Poland in Memory of Reginald Harkness Poland, an alumnus and good friend of Brown University

Object Number

77.139

Exhibition History

Modernism in the Americas

June 20 - August 31, 2003

Tradition and Innovation in American Watercolors

January 27 - April 11, 1999

Marin spent many years visiting the Maine coast, where he pushed his medium in response to the rugged characteristics of the landscape, using sharp, overlapping layers of wash and dry strokes of color. Here, Andrew's Island offers a site from which to observe an angled wedge of sea and the deep blue contour of another island beyond. In 1923, Marin became actively involved in carving and painting his own frames as integrated decorative environments for his work.

Early Modernism in America

February 24 - April 16, 1995

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