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Artist or Maker: John Marin (1870-1953)

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Description: Marine Series, Maine: Jordan's Delight Island
signed and dated 'Marin 35' (lower right)
watercolor and ink on paper laid down on board
15 1/2 x 22 in. (39.3 x 55.9 cm.), sheet size; 19 1/4 x 25 1/2 in. (48.9 x 64.8 cm.), board size

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Provenance: Estate of the artist.
Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York.
The Searle Collection, Northbrook, Illinois.
Christie's, New York, 25 May 1989, lot 184.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

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Exhibited: New York, An American Place, New Watercolors, Oils and Drawings, January 5-February 3, 1937, no. 7.
Baltimore, Maryland, Baltimore Museum of Art, Contrasts in Impressionism, November 13-December 27, 1942, no. 22.

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Published: S. Reich, John Marin: A Stylistic Analysis and Catalogue Raisonné, Tucson, Arizona, p. 672, no. 35.23, illustrated.