Motive, Telephone Building, New York (recto); Downtown Manhattan (verso)

John Marin American

1936

Not on view

Artwork Details

Title: Motive, Telephone Building, New York (recto); Downtown Manhattan (verso)
Artist: John Marin (American, Rutherford, New Jersey 1870–1953 Cape Split, Maine)
Date: 1936
Medium: Watercolor, ink, charcoal, and graphite on paper
Dimensions: 20 1/8 x 26 1/8 in. (51.1 x 66.4 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949
Object Number: 49.70.155a, b
Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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