Inscription: Signed and dated (lower right, in watercolor): Marin 28
the artist (from 1928; to Stieglitz)); Alfred Stieglitz, New York (probably 1930–d. 1946; his estate, 1946–49; gift to MMA)
New York. An American Place. "John Marin: 50 New Water Colors," December 15, 1929–January 30, 1930, no catalogue (checklist nos. 1 or 2).
New York. An American Place. "John Marin: New Water Colors, New Oils, New Etchings," December 20, 1933–February 1, 1934, no catalogue (checklist no. 9; as "Popham Beach, Maine").
Museum of Modern Art, New York. "John Marin: Watercolors, Oil Paintings, Etchings," October 19–November 22, 1936, no. 107.
Museum of Modern Art, New York. "Alfred Stieglitz Exhibition: His Collection," June 10–August 31, 1947, no catalogue (checklist no. 64).
Art Institute of Chicago. "Alfred Stieglitz: His Photographs and His Collection," February 2–29, 1948, no catalogue.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "20th Century Painters: A Special Exhibition of Oils, Water Colors and Drawings Selected from the Collections of American Art in the Metropolitan Museum," June 16–October 29, 1950, unnum. brochure (p. 15).
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Feininger, Kuhn, Kuniyoshi, Marin and Nordfeldt," February 24–April 29, 1956, no catalogue.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Fourteen American Masters: Paintings from Colonial Times to Today," October 16, 1958–January 4, 1959, no catalogue.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "American Paintings, Drawings and Watercolors from the Museum's Collections," October 1–December 7, 1969, no catalogue.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Paintings and Watercolors by John Marin," February 3–March 29, 1981, no catalogue.
Paris. Musée d'Orsay. "New York et l'art moderne: Alfred Stieglitz et son cercle (1905–1930)," October 18, 2004–January 16, 2005, no. 114.
Madrid. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. "Nueva York y el arte moderno: Alfred Stieglitz y su circulo (1905–1930)," February 10–May 16, 2005, no. 114.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Stieglitz and His Artists: Matisse to O'Keeffe," October 13, 2011–January 2, 2012, no. 151.
Edward Alden Jewell. "New Marin Water-colors: Fine Performance, Ideal Setting—Botzaris and Other Sculptors—Speicher Portfolio." New York Times (January 5, 1930), p. X12.
Edward Alden Jewell. "Autumn Art Show at American Place." New York Times (October 18, 1940), p. 18.
John Marin. Selected Writings. Ed. Dorothy Norman. New York, 1949, ill. facing p. 178.
Robert M. Coates. "The Art Galleries: Five and One." New Yorker 32 (March 10, 1956), p. 120.
Sheldon Reich. John Marin: A Stylistic Analysis and Catalogue Raisonné. Tucson, 1970, vol. 1, p. 180, fig. 152, vol. 2, p. 597, fig. 28.53.
John Marin. John Marin by John Marin. Ed. Cleve Gray. New York, 1970, p. 93, ill.
Cleve Gray. "John Marin: Graphic and Calligraphic." Art News 71 (September 1972), p. 48, ill.
Hilton Kramer. "Art View: A Dash of Marin at The Met." New York Times (March 1, 1981), pp. D1, D27.
Russell Lynes inAt the Water's Edge: 19th and 20th Century American Beach Scenes. Exh. cat., Tampa Museum of Art. Tampa, Fla., 1989, p. 124, ill. p. 99, calls it "Popham Beach, Small Point, Maine (Series No. 1).
Jessica Murphy inStieglitz and His Artists: Matisse to O'Keeffe. The Alfred Stieglitz Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Ed. Lisa Mintz Messinger. Exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 2011, pp. 180–81, 273, no. 151, ill. (color).
John Marin (American, Rutherford, New Jersey 1870–1953 Cape Split, Maine)
1913
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