Details
John Marin (1870-1953)
Showers
signed and dated 'Marin 18' (lower left)
watercolor and pencil on paper
12¼ x 15½ in. (31.1 x 39.3 cm.)
Showers
signed and dated 'Marin 18' (lower left)
watercolor and pencil on paper
12¼ x 15½ in. (31.1 x 39.3 cm.)
Provenance
The Downtown Gallery, New York.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Literature
S. Reich, John Marin: A Stylistic Analysis and Catalogue Raisonné, Tucson, Arizona, 1970, p. 465, no. 18.70, illustrated.
Exhibited
The Downtown Gallery, John Marin Before 1920, February 2-28, 1959, no. 32.
San Diego, California, Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego, November 28, 1970-January 3, 1971.
Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, n.d. (as Shower, Rowe, Massachusetts)
San Diego, California, Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego, November 28, 1970-January 3, 1971.
Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, n.d. (as Shower, Rowe, Massachusetts)
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