Inscription: Signed and dated (lower right): Marin 29
the artist (from 1929; to Stieglitz); Alfred Stieglitz, New York (probably 1930–d. 1946; his estate, 1946–49; gift to MMA)
New York. An American Place. "John Marin: Recent Water-colors, New Mexico and New York," November 1930, no catalogue [probably this work].
Museum of Modern Art, New York. "John Marin: Watercolors, Oil Paintings, Etchings," October 19–November 22, 1936, no. 119.
New York. Whitney Museum of American Art. "This is Our City: An Exhibition of Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Prints, Presented for the Greater New York Fund," March 11–April 13, 1941, no. 111 (lent by Mr. Alfred Stieglitz).
Baltimore Museum of Art. "Contrasts in Impressionism: An Exhibition of Paintings by Alessandro Magnasco, Claude Monet, John Marin," November 13–December 27, 1942, no. 11.
Art Institute of Chicago. "Twenty-second International Exhibition of Water Colors," May 13–August 22, 1943, no. 268.
Art Institute of Chicago. "Alfred Stieglitz: His Photographs and His Collection," February 2–29, 1948, no catalogue (checklist no. 57).
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).
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. "John Marin Memorial Exhibition," March 1–April 17, 1955, no. 44 (wc) (as "Broadway, Night").
Washington, D. C. Phillips Gallery. "John Marin Memorial Exhibition," May 15–June 30, 1955, no. 44 (wc).
San Francisco Museum of Art. "John Marin Memorial Exhibition," July 19–September 11, 1955, no. 44 (wc).
University of California, Los Angeles. "John Marin Memorial Exhibition," September 28–November 9, 1955, no. 44 (wc).
Cleveland Museum of Art. "John Marin Memorial Exhibition," November 17, 1955–January 1, 1956, no. 44 (wc).
Minneapolis Institute of Arts. "John Marin Memorial Exhibition," February 3–March 20, 1956, no. 44 (wc).
Palm Beach. Society of the Four Arts. "John Marin Memorial Exhibition," March 9–20, 1956 (part 1, drawings, etchings and watercolors); March 23–April 1, 1956 (part 2, oils), no. 44 (wc).
University of Georgia, Athens. "John Marin Memorial Exhibition," May 1956, no. 44 (wc).
New York. Whitney Museum of American Art. "John Marin Memorial Exhibition," June 13–July 29, 1956, no. 44 (wc).
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "200 Years of Watercolor Painting in America," December 8, 1966–January 29, 1967, no. 162.
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum. "Visions of New York City: American Paintings, Drawings, and Prints of the 20th Century," March 28–May 24, 1981, no. 26.
Whitney Museum of Art at Philip Morris, New York. "Artist's Vision," September 26–December 5, 1984, no catalogue.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Selection Three: Twentieth-Century Art," October 22, 1985–January 26, 1986, no catalogue.
Canberra. Australian National Gallery. "20th Century Masters from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York," March 1–April 27, 1986, unnumbered cat. (p. 49).
Brisbane. Queensland Art Gallery. "20th Century Masters from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York," May 7–July 1, 1986, unnumbered cat.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "John Marin's New York: 1910–1936," August 23–November 9, 1997, no catalogue.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Stieglitz and His Artists: Matisse to O'Keeffe," October 13, 2011–January 2, 2012, no. 156.
Ralph Flint. "Marin Exhibits New Landscapes Done in Taos." Art News 29 (November 8, 1930), p. 5.
MacKinley Helm. John Marin. Boston, 1948, pp. 64, 175, pl. 27.
Sheldon Reich. John Marin: A Stylistic Analysis and Catalogue Raisonné. Tucson, 1970, vol. 2, p. 604, fig. 29.7.
Eliza E. Rathbone. Mark Tobey: City Paintings. Exh. cat., National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1984, p. 28, fig. 5.
Elyse Topalian. "Modern Art in the Met." Apollo 124 (October 1986), p. 362, colorpl. 19.
Richard F. Shepard. "Seeing the Evolution of New York City Through Artists' Eyes." New York Times (March 20, 1987), p. C26.
Ruth E. Fine. John Marin. Exh. cat., National Gallery of Art. Washington, D.C., 1990, p. 145, fig. 135.
Danielle Tilkin et al. New York et l'art moderne: Alfred Stieglitz et son cercle (1905–1930). Exh. cat., Musée d'Orsay. Paris, 2004, p. 214, fig. 65 (Spanish ed., 2004).
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. 182, 274, no. 156, ill. (color) pp. 182 (recto), 274 (recto and verso).
Rachel Mustalish 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, p. 182.
John Marin (American, Rutherford, New Jersey 1870–1953 Cape Split, Maine)
1913
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