Lot Essay
Conceived in March and November 1973, the title of this portfolio refers to the sea Marden crossed from Italy to his house on the Greek island of Hydra. Marden has stated that they were the visual manifestation of his ponderings on the difference in density between the sea and the sky -- the diptych format of prints a-c, and the grid formats of d-g recall the monotony induced by staring at the expanse of water formed by the Adriatic Sea.