Inscription: Signed and dated (lower right, in black watercolor over graphite): Marin 27
the artist (from 1927; to Stieglitz); Alfred Stieglitz, New York (probably 1928–36; his anonymous gift to MMA)
Intimate Gallery, New York. "Marin Exhibition," November 14–December 29, 1928, no. 32.
Museum of Modern Art, New York. "John Marin: Watercolors, Oil Paintings, Etchings," October 19–November 22, 1936, no. 96.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Contemporary Painting in the United States," April 19–27, 1941, no. 229.
Mexico City. Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes. "La Pintura Contemporánea Norteamericana," June 12–July 9, 1941, unnumbered cat. (p. 139).
Santiago. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes. "La Pintura Contemporánea Norteamericana," September 6–October 5, 1941, unnumbered cat.
Lima. Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes. "La Pintura Contemporánea Norteamericana," November 5–30, 1941, unnumbered cat.
Quito. Universidad Central de Ecuador. "La Pintura Contemporánea Norteamericana," December 1941, unnumbered cat.
Philadelphia Museum of Art. "John Marin: Milestones and Masterpieces in Watercolor," June 1–August 31, 1951, no catalogue (checklist no. 1; as "Franconia Range").
Springfield, Mass. George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum. "John Marin: Milestones and Masterpieces in Watercolor," September 4–20, 1951, no catalogue.
Coral Gables. Art Gallery, University of Miami. "John Marin," October 2–23, 1951, no. 15 (as "Franconia Range").
Jacksonville, Fla. State Teachers College. "John Marin: Milestones and Masterpieces in Watercolor," November 4–25, 1951, no catalogue.
Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania College for Women. "John Marin: Milestones and Masterpieces in Watercolor," December 9, 1951–January 9, 1952, no catalogue.
West Palm Beach. Norton Gallery and School of Art. "John Marin: Milestones and Masterpieces in Watercolor," January 23–February 17, 1952, no catalogue.
Oklahoma City. Oklahoma Art Center. "John Marin: Milestones and Masterpieces in Watercolor," March 1–22, 1952, no catalogue.
Grinnell, Iowa. Grinnell College Art Department. "John Marin: Milestones and Masterpieces in Watercolor," April 4–25, 1952, no catalogue.
Rockford, Ill. Rockford Art Association. "John Marin: Milestones and Masterpieces in Watercolor," May 10–31, 1952, no catalogue.
Norwich, Conn. Slater Memorial Museum. February 7–28, 1954.
Kent, Conn. Kent School. "American Painting, 1906–1956," September 12–November 29, 1955, no catalogue.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Feininger, Kuhn, Kuniyoshi, Marin and Nordfeldt," February 24–April 29, 1956, no catalogue.
Katonah, N.Y. Katonah Gallery. "John Marin (1870-1953): Etchings and Paintings," January 6–29, 1958, no catalogue (unnumbered checklist attached to exhibition announcement; as "Franconia Range Mountain Peaks").
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Paintings and Watercolors by John Marin," February 3–March 29, 1981, no catalogue.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "John Marin Watercolors," March 26–August 26, 2012, no catalogue.
"Two Water Colors by Marin." Bulletin of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 31 (June 1936), p. 132.
"An Honored Few." New York Herald Tribune (June 21, 1936), p. E8.
Sheldon Reich. John Marin: A Stylistic Analysis and Catalogue Raisonné. Tucson, 1970, vol. 2, p. 587, fig. 27.52.
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, 272, no. 149, ill. (color).
John Marin (American, Rutherford, New Jersey 1870–1953 Cape Split, Maine)
1913
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