Inscription: Signed and dated (lower right, in gray-blue watercolor): MARIN 09
the artist (from 1909; to Stieglitz); Alfred Stieglitz, New York (probably 1910–d. 1946; his estate, 1946–49; gift to MMA)
New York. 291. "Water Colors, Pastels, and Etchings by John Marin," February 7–19, 1910, no catalogue.
Museum of Modern Art, New York. "John Marin: Watercolors, Oil Paintings, Etchings," October 19–November 22, 1936, no. 5.
New York. An American Place. "Beginnings and Landmarks: "291," 1905–1917," October 27–December 27, 1937, no. 58.
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; as "River Movement, Paris").
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. "John Marin Memorial Exhibition," March 1–April 17, 1955, no. 2 (wc) (as "Movement, Seine, Paris [Four O'Clock on the Seine]").
Washington, D. C. Phillips Gallery. "John Marin Memorial Exhibition," May 15–June 30, 1955, no. 2 (wc).
San Francisco Museum of Art. "John Marin Memorial Exhibition," July 19–September 11, 1955, no. 2 (wc).
University of California, Los Angeles. "John Marin Memorial Exhibition," September 28–November 9, 1955, no. 2 (wc).
Cleveland Museum of Art. "John Marin Memorial Exhibition," November 17, 1955–January 1, 1956, no. 2 (wc).
Minneapolis Institute of Arts. "John Marin Memorial Exhibition," February 3–March 20, 1956, no. 2 (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. 2 (wc).
University of Georgia, Athens. "John Marin Memorial Exhibition," May 1956, no. 2 (wc).
New York. Whitney Museum of American Art. "John Marin Memorial Exhibition," June 13–July 29, 1956, no. 2 (wc).
London. Arts Council Gallery. "John Marin: Paintings, Watercolours, Drawings, and Etchings: An Exhibition," September 22–October 20, 1956, no. 35 (as "Movement, Seine, Paris [ Four O'Clock on the Seine]").
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Fourteen American Masters: Paintings from Colonial Times to Today," October 16, 1958–January 4, 1959, no catalogue.
Rochester, N. Y. George Eastman House. "Photo-Secession: Photography as a Fine Art," October 15, 1960–January 15, 1961, not in catalogue.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art. "John Marin / 1870–1953: A Centennial Exhibition," July 7–August 30, 1970, no. 19 (as "Movement, Seine, Paris").
San Francisco. M. H. de Young Memorial Museum. "John Marin / 1870–1953: A Centennial Exhibition," September 20–November 7, 1970, no. 19.
The Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego. "John Marin / 1870–1953: A Centennial Exhibition," November 28, 1970–January 3, 1971, no. 19.
New York. Whitney Museum of American Art. "John Marin / 1870–1953: A Centennial Exhibition," February 18–March 28, 1971, no. 19.
Washington. National Collection of Fine Arts. "John Marin / 1870–1953: A Centennial Exhibition," April 23–June 6, 1971, no. 19.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Paintings and Watercolors by John Marin," February 3–March 29, 1981, 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. 47).
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. "Stieglitz and His Artists: Matisse to O'Keeffe," October 13, 2011–January 2, 2012, no. 115.
Martha Davidson. "Marin: Master of a Minor Medium." Art News 35 (October 24, 1936), p. 12, ill.
MacKinley Helm. John Marin. Boston, 1948, pp. 20, 133, pl. 6.
Sheldon Reich. John Marin: A Stylistic Analysis and Catalogue Raisonné. Tucson, 1970, vol. 2, p. 337, fig. 09.23.
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. 162, 267, no. 115, ill. (color, recto and verso).
John Marin (American, Rutherford, New Jersey 1870–1953 Cape Split, Maine)
1913
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