John Marin, 1921/1922

Details

ALFRED STIEGLITZ (1864-1946)
John Marin, 1921/1922
gelatin silver print
credit and title in an unknown hand in pencil and ink (on the verso)
9¼ x 7in. (23.4 x 17.7cm.)

Provenance

From the artist;
to Mr. and Mrs. Emmanuel Benson

Literature

Greenough, Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set, National Gallery of Art Harry N. Abrams, 2002, vol. I, cat. no. 706, p. 425

Exhibited

History of An American: Alfred Stieglitz, '291'and After', Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1944

Lot Essay

Lot 371 was a gift from Stieglitz to E.M. Benson, author of John Marin: The Man and His Work, 1935, the earliest publication on Marin's work, in which Stieglitz's portrait appeared as the volume's frontispiece. The photograph was later exhibited at the Philadelphia Museum of Art where E.M. Benson became Director of Education.

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