John Marin Paintings & Artwork for Sale | John Marin Art Value Price Guide

Aug. 20, 2024
John Marin (1870 - 1953) Original Watercolor
Est: $4,000 - $7,000
Signed and Dated lower left 1914. Watercolor scene of the water with a Sailboat. Image size seen approx. 5-1/2" x 11-3/4", overall frame size approx. 25-1/4" x 21". Frame has wear. Beautiful work. Not examined out of the frame.
Weiss Auctions
Aug. 18, 2024
John Marin, Blue Sea, Watercolor
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
John Marin (American, 1870-1953), "Blue Sea", watercolor, signed and dated 1939, 10 1/2" x 13 1/2", framed 18 1/2" x 21 1/2". Provenance: Hamilton, Massachusetts collection.
Kaminski Auctions
Aug. 18, 2024
John Marin Pflanzbadgasse Germany Etching Signed
Est: $400 - $600
MARIN, John, (American, 1871-1953): Depiction of building in the center of Strasburg Germany, signed in the plate and pencil signed lower right, pencil titled lower left, impression size 8" x 9.25" , page size 11.75" x 13.25". Hinged mounted to mat. Condition: Minor toning. From the Alexander Raydon Gallery, Madison Ave, Manhattan. New York. Mr. Raydon was a well-known collector and dealer and passed away in 2005. This piece has remained in the collection.
Amero Auctions
Jul. 20, 2024
John Marin (1870 - 1953) American
Est: $2,500 - $4,500
John Marin (1870 - 1953) Watercolor on paper depicting crashing waves amongst coastal rocks, signed lower right "Marin", piece measures 6 x 8 and 12 x 14 inches w/ frame. From a Newberry, Massachusetts Estate. John Marin is a pioneer in American modernism and abstraction. Marin’s contributions to the canon are becoming more widely recognized amongst an international audience, some 70 years after he became the first American to exhibit at the Venice Biennale in 1950. Marin enjoyed continued critical and commercial success throughout his career which was instigated by his meeting Alfred Stieglitz in 1909; a pivotal moment for the artist as Stieglitz championed Marin’s advancements in abstraction and in watercolor as a medium. Perhaps most enticing, however, from the perspectives of both visual iconography and emotional response to the artist’s work, are the ‘bursts’ of energy with which Marin paints. When examining an early watercolor from the artist’s first summer in Maine in 1912, or a late oil painted in 1952, the same fervor is experienced, the same restless and relentless energy with which Marin sought to capture the natural world. It is in the translation of this experience from Marin’s eyes to our own, in which the artist’s brilliance and impact is at its best.
Cutler Bay Auctions
Jul. 13, 2024
American John Marin Watercolor Pencil Painting
Est: $5,000 - $15,000
Attributed watercolor/pencil to listed artist John Marin. John Marin (1870 - 1953) was active/lived in New York, Maine / France. John Marin is known for Painting-modernist landscape-coastal, etching. Size: Framed: 31 3/4" x 26 1/2"; Unframed: 18 3/4" x 13 1/2".~~. John Marin was one of America's greatest early Modernists. He studied architecture at the Stevens Institute and worked in that field until 1893 to pursue an art career, studying at the Art Students League and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art with Thomas Anshutz and William Merritt Chase. While traveling through Europe in 1908, Marin met Alfred Stieglitz, who became his chief promoter and dealer. His first show was held in 1909. While Marin was abroad he focused heavily on etching, retuning to America with 103 works. However, at this point he chose to shift his focus to watercolor, using themes of NYC life in Modernist form and structure to illustrate to dynamics of the city in constant flux. His skyscapes showed a Cubist/Futurist manner with sight lines, contrasting weights and rapid brushwork. Marin's work always sold well with Stieglitz as his dealer and he received quite high prices in the 1920s. Marin was honored with a retrospective at the MoMA in 1936. He was active until his death at age 83. ~ . Detailed condition reports are not included in this catalog. For additional information, including condition reports, please contact us at [email protected].
Sofe Design Auctions
Jun. 30, 2024
JOHN MARIN (AMERICAN, 1870-1953).
Est: $600 - $900
'Chartres Cathedral', 1910. Etching on paper. Signed, dated, and titled '10' in plate. Signed and titled in lower margins in pencil. Property of a Weston, CT estate. Dimensions: Sight size: 12.125" h x 9.125" w. Frame: 21.375" h x 18.375" w.
Clarke Auction Gallery
Jun. 30, 2024
JOHN MARIN (AMERICAN, 1870-1953).
Est: $800 - $1,200
'The Lobster Fisherman', 1948. Etching on paper. Signed, titled, and dated '48' in the plate. Signed lower right margin in pencil. Property of a Weston, CT estate. Dimensions: Sight size: 9.75" h x 7.75" w. Frame: 15.375" h x 13.375" w.
Clarke Auction Gallery
Jun. 29, 2024
MODERN AMERICAN WATERCOLOR PAINTING BY JOHN MARIN
Est: $100 - $150
John Marin, American, French, 1870 to 1953, watercolor painting on paper depicting a harbor scene, 1943. Signed and dated, lower right. Framed. John Marin was an early American modernist artist. He is known for his abstract landscapes and watercolors. From 1899 to 1901, Marin attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. In Philadelphia he studied with Thomas Pollock Anshutz, Hugh Henry Breckenridge and William Merritt Chase. He also studied at the Art Students League of New York. In 1905, like many American artists Marin went to Europe, initially to Paris. He exhibited his work in the Salon, where he also got his first exposure to modern art. He traveled through Europe for six years, and painted in the Netherlands, Belgium, England, and Italy. In Europe, he mastered a type of watercolor where he achieved an abstract ambience, almost a pure abstraction with color that ranges from transparency to translucency, accompanied by strong opacities, and linear elements, always with a sense of freedom, which became one of his trademarks. One of a kind artwork.
Antique Arena Inc
Jun. 27, 2024
John Marin, Untitled (Desert Landscape)
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
John Marin Untitled (Desert Landscape) 1945 watercolor on paper 8 h x 10 w in (20 x 25 cm) Signed and dated to lower right 'Marin 45'. Provenance: Private Collection, Taos | Thence by descent This work will ship from Chicago, Illinois.
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Jun. 20, 2024
Watercolor, John Marin
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
John Marin (American, 1870-1953), "Flatiron Building, NYC," 1911, watercolor, signed and dated lower left, gallery title label (Kennedy Galleries, New York) affixed verso, sight: 11.5"h x 15.5"w, overall (with frame): 19.5"h x 23"w
Clars Auctions
Jun. 16, 2024
AMERICAN HARBOR SCENE OIL PAINTING BY JOHN MARIN
Est: $100 - $150
John Marin, American, French, 1870 to 1953, oil painting on canvas depicting a harbor scene, 1941. Signed and dated, lower right. Framed. John Marin was an early American modernist artist. He is known for his abstract landscapes and watercolors. From 1899 to 1901, Marin attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. In Philadelphia he studied with Thomas Pollock Anshutz, Hugh Henry Breckenridge and William Merritt Chase. He also studied at the Art Students League of New York. In 1905, like many American artists Marin went to Europe, initially to Paris. He exhibited his work in the Salon, where he also got his first exposure to modern art. He traveled through Europe for six years, and painted in the Netherlands, Belgium, England, and Italy. In Europe, he mastered a type of watercolor where he achieved an abstract ambience, almost a pure abstraction with color that ranges from transparency to translucency, accompanied by strong opacities, and linear elements, always with a sense of freedom, which became one of his trademarks. One of a kind artwork.
Antique Arena Inc
Jun. 11, 2024
John Marin - Going Through the Thoroughfare - Lithograph 10" x 12.5"
Est: $125 - $175
"Going Through the Thoroughfare" by John Marin, Unsigned Lithograph. Paper size is 10 x 12.5 inches, with an image size of 8.25 x 10.5 inches. The Lithograph is from an unknown edition size. and is not framed. The condition was rated A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling. Additional details:
DUMBO Auctions
Jun. 02, 2024
John Marin (American, 1870-1953) - Mount Desert Minute Drawing
Est: $5,000 - $8,000
John Marin (American, 1870-1953) - Mount Desert Minute Drawing Signed and dated ‘Marin 22' bottom right, watercolor on paper 7 x 7 ½ in. (17.8 x 19.1cm) Provenance Meredith Ward Fine Art, New York, New York. Richard York Gallery, New York, New York. Private Estate, Pennsylvania.
Freeman's | Hindman
Jun. 01, 2024
John Marin, American (1870-1953), sailboats, 1932., Watercolor on paper, 11 1/4"H x 14 1/4"W(sight), 18 1/2"H x 21 3/4"W(frame)
Est: $15,000 - $30,000
John Marin American, (1870-1953) sailboats, 1932. Watercolor on paper Signed/dated lower right. provenance: Purchased directly from the collection of Joel D. Sollender Estate, Poway, CA, Nov. 2023. Proof of purchase can be acquired from estate company if necessary. Info about Joel Sollender (collector/public figure) available online. Biography from the Archives of askART: John Marin was born in Rutherford, New Jersey in 1870. His father was a public accountant; his mother died only nine days after his birth. He was taken to his maternal grandparents with whom he lived in Weehawken, New Jersey. His grandparents, with their son and two daughters were the only parents Marin was to know; it has been suggested that his father seems to have ignored him. As a child of seven or eight Marin began to sketch and when he was a teenager he had completed his earliest watercolors. His education in the schools of New Jersey was interspersed with summers of hunting, fishing and sketching; he traveled in the Catskills, and as far away as Wisconsin and Minnesota. But formal training was almost incidental to his development as an artist. He is to America what Paul Cezanne was to France - an innovator who helped to oppose the influence of the narrative painters, the illustrators who were more interested in subject than form, in surface than substance. Marin brought to his work a combination of values which, at the turn of the century, was unique in this country: an aliveness of touch, colors that have both sparkle and solidity, and forms that are vibrant with an energy characteristic of our age. Marin established himself as a practicing architect. In the early 1890s, he worked for four architects and by 1893 had designed six houses in Union Hill, New Jersey. At the age of twenty-eight, he decided to become a professional artist and studied briefly at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia and the Art Students League in New York City. As a watercolorist he had no equal. He used this fluid, spontaneous medium to abstract from objects - skyscrapers, boats, mountains and seas - a simplified anatomy of color and form and to define the pulsation of stresses and movements in the relationship of objects. It was a great disappointment, all his life, that his oil paintings did not achieve the popularity that his watercolors did. From 1905 to 1910 he worked in Europe, where he was influenced by Whistler's watercolors. It was Alfred Stieglitz, Marin's lifetime friend and dealer, whose firm faith in his genius made his position in the art world possible. He developed a distinctive style that he used most characteristically in powerful watercolors of the Maine coast. During the 1920s he provided the dominant force in the movement away from naturalistic representation towards an art of expressive semi-abstraction. He married Marie Jane Hughes after he returned to New York. They had one son, who grew up to run his father's considerable affairs. Marin continued to work at the same steady fast pace as long as he lived. Since 1908 he had produced 1700 paintings, an average of forty a year. He had made the frames for them as well. At the age of seventy-nine, he began to taper off from the days when he painted one hundred watercolors in a summer. He died in 1953. Written and submitted by Jean Ershler Schatz, artist and researcher from Laguna Woods, California. Sources include: Metropolitan Museum of Art Miniatures: Masterpieces in the Philadelphia Museum of Art Oxford Dictionary of Art, Oxford University Press, 1988, edited by Jan Chilvers, Harold Osborne and Dennis Farr, consultant From the internet, AskART.com Robert Hughes in Time magazine, February 22, 1971
Ripley Auctions
Jun. 01, 2024
John Marin (American, 1870-1953) etching
Est: $300 - $600
Bridge, Venice etching, 1907, signed in pencil, edition of about 50. 5 x 7 1/16" Zigrosser 59
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
May. 29, 2024
Poss. John Marin Figural Painting
Est: $200 - $400
Possibly John Marin (American, 1870-1953). Watercolor on paper figural painting. Depicted in loose brushstrokes of blue. Signed along the lower right.
Revere Auctions
May. 16, 2024
John Marin (American, 1870-1953) West Point, Maine, 1914
Est: $20,000 - $40,000
John Marin (American, 1870-1953) West Point, Maine, 1914 watercolor on paper signed Marin and dated (lower right); titled and inscribed (verso) 16 1/2 x 19 5/8 inches. This lot is located in Chicago. Provenance: The Downtown Gallery, New York Robert Edelmann, Chicago, acquired from the above via the Waddington exhibit by the Main Street Galleries, Chicago Exhibited: Chicago, The Main Street Galleries, exhibited as part of the Waddington Galleries, London, exhibition John Marin, Retrospective Exhibition of Watercolors, October 3 - 26, 1963, no. 6, illus. Literature: Sheldon Reich, John Marin: A Stylistic Analysis and Catalogue Raisonné, vol. II, Tucson, 1970, no. 14.100, p. 404, illus. Lot note: The present watercolor, West Point Maine, 1914, represents a major facet of John Marin’s oeuvre, that of his views of the coastal landscape of Maine, in which he captures the restless energy of the sea in the spontaneous style he developed using watercolors. Through his sensitivity to mass, form, color, and line and their dynamic interchanges, Marin provided a precedent for the Abstract Expressionist movement of the late 1950s. Born in Rutherford, New Jersey, Marin did not come to art directly, but instead first studied mechanical drawing and mathematics at the Steven Institute of Technology, and then worked as a draftsman for several architects. At the age of 29, he enrolled at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia from 1899 to 1901, and at the Art Students League in New York from 1901 to 1903. Like many young artists of the time, Marin left for Europe in 1905, where he was to remain for five years. In Paris, he supported himself selling tourist etchings of French landmarks, while experimenting with watercolors after discovering the work of James McNeill Whistler, Paul Cezanne, and Henri Matisse. A turning point came when he met the photographer Edward Steichen in Paris, in the summer of 1909. Steichen introduced Marin to American photographer and art dealer Alfred Stieglitz, which led to his first important exhibition at Stieglitz’s New York gallery, 291, in 1910. Stieglitz became Marin’s friend and champion, exhibiting his work more often than any other artist, other than Georgia O’Keeffe. By 1911, Marin was based in New York and divided the next twenty years between New York, Vermont, and New England. He made his first of what would become annual trips to Maine in 1914. The artist was fascinated by the natural and untouched beauty of the Maine seacoast and landscape, which would provide creative fodder for the rest of his career. It was during this first trip to Maine that West Point, Maine, was executed. Here, the avant-garde ideas he absorbed in Europe, particularly the art of Cézanne and Matisse, are seen at play, yet are melded with the artist’s personal style using luminescent colors and agile brushwork. Horizontal washes of pinkish-yellows and translucent blues billow across the sky. Stronger diagonal strokes of ocher, violet, and turquoise describe the crashing waves and a barely seen shore. The fluid watercolors represent the flux and collision of the natural elements, while the reinforcement of the picture plane reveals Marin’s effort to impose order and structure on the landscape. Through these contrasts, the artist conveys the “great forces at work,” of nature. In West Point, Maine, Marin achieves a translation of motion on paper that represents the artist’s brilliance and impact at its best.
Hindman
May. 11, 2024
JOHN MARIN 'TELEPHONE BUILDING' SIGNED COLLOTYPE
Est: $80 - $120
John Marin collotype on watermarked Johannot wove paper. Titled 'Telephone Building NYC From River'. Pencil signed lower right. Sheet measures 12 3/4" x 9 7/8".
Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery
May. 10, 2024
John Marin, Untitled (City Hall Park and Buildings)
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
John Marin Untitled (City Hall Park and Buildings) c. 1912 graphite on paper 10 h x 7.875 w in (25 x 20 cm) Provenance: Private Collection This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
May. 02, 2024
Attributed to John Marin Watercolor Landscape
Est: $400 - $500
Attributed to John Marin (American, 1870-1953). Watercolor, landscape. Signed lower left Marin. 9 3/4" x 14 5/8" (with frame 17" x 22"). Some toning to paper; chips and losses to frame.
Willow Auction House
May. 01, 2024
John Marin (1870-1953) Vicinity Downtown New York: A Double-Sided Work 9 7/8 x 7 7/8 in. (25.1 x 20 cm.) (Executed circa 1925.)
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
John Marin (1870-1953) Vicinity Downtown New York: A Double-Sided Work signed 'Marin' (lower right, recto) and signed again (lower right, verso) watercolor on paper 9 7/8 x 7 7/8 in. (25.1 x 20 cm.) Executed circa 1925.
Bonhams
Apr. 30, 2024
Attributed to John Marin. (American: 1870-1953) Watercolor
Est: $200 - $2,000
DESCRIPTION: Attributed to John Marin. (American: 1870-1953). Watercolor on paper of large and smaller sailboats on the water. Matted in a gold gilt frame. Signed "Marin" bottom right-hand corner. CIRCA: Early 20th century ORIGIN: USA DIMENSIONS: Viewing area H: 13" W: 20" Frame H: 20" w: 27" CONDITION: Excellent condition. Unless otherwise stated, all information provided is the opinion of our specialists. Should you have any specific questions regarding the condition of this lot, please use the ask question button or send us an email.
Akiba Galleries
Apr. 27, 2024
John Marin (American 1870-1953), "St. Martin's in the Field, Trafalgar Square", 1909, Watercolor, Signed and dated lower right "John Marin 09", 14" x 10", Provenance: From the Collection of Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence A. Flei...
Est: $5,000 - $10,000
John Marin (American 1870-1953) "St. Martin's in the Field, Trafalgar Square", 1909 Watercolor Signed and dated lower right "John Marin 09" 14" x 10" Provenance: From the Collection of Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence A. Fleischman Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York An American Place, room 1710, 509 Madison Ave., New York
Nadeau's Auction Gallery
Apr. 25, 2024
John Marin (American, 1870-1953) Downtown, The El (from Six American Etchings), 1921
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
John Marin (American, 1870-1953) Downtown, The El (from Six American Etchings), 1921 etching signed in pencil 6 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches. Property from the Private Collection of Mrs. Lois Fern Published by The New Republic, New York, 1924 Literature: Zigrosser 134
Hindman
Apr. 20, 2024
AMERICAN HARBOR SCENE OIL PAINTING BY JOHN MARIN
Est: $100 - $150
John Marin, American, French, 1870 to 1953, oil painting on canvas depicting a harbor scene, 1941. Signed and dated, lower right. Framed. John Marin was an early American modernist artist. He is known for his abstract landscapes and watercolors. From 1899 to 1901, Marin attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. In Philadelphia he studied with Thomas Pollock Anshutz, Hugh Henry Breckenridge and William Merritt Chase. He also studied at the Art Students League of New York. In 1905, like many American artists Marin went to Europe, initially to Paris. He exhibited his work in the Salon, where he also got his first exposure to modern art. He traveled through Europe for six years, and painted in the Netherlands, Belgium, England, and Italy. In Europe, he mastered a type of watercolor where he achieved an abstract ambience, almost a pure abstraction with color that ranges from transparency to translucency, accompanied by strong opacities, and linear elements, always with a sense of freedom, which became one of his trademarks. One of a kind artwork.
Antique Arena Inc
Apr. 18, 2024
John Marin (1870 - 1953) "Blue Mountains on the circle drive near Taos"
Est: $200 - $400
John Marin (1870 - 1953) Reproduction art print, Blue Mountains on the circle drive near Taos, Circa 1970, 14 x 18 inches unframed. Good Condition. John Marin was a seminal American modernist painter. He was one of the first Americans to employ techniques of abstraction in his calligraphic depictions of landscapes and city streets, as seen in his work Bryant Square (1932). Along with Arthur Dove, Marsden Hartley, and Georgia O’Keeffe, Marin helped introduce a new aesthetic model for American painters. “I must for myself insist that when finished, that is when all the parts are in place and are working, that now it has become an object and will therefore have its boundaries as definite as the prow, the stern, the sides, and bottom bound as a boat,” he once reflected. Born on December 23, 1870 in Rutherford, NJ, Marin started his career in art later in life, graduating from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1901 at the age of 30. In 1905, he travelled to Europe, where he developed his signature watercolor technique and met the artist Edward Steichen. It was Steichen that introduced his work to the photographer Alfred Stieglitz, who mounted Marin’s first solo show in 1909, and financially supported the artist over the remainder of his career. Marin died on October 2, 1953 in Addison, ME. Today, his works are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., and the Art Institute of Chicago, among others.
Cutler Bay Auctions
Apr. 18, 2024
JOHN MARIN Quartier de la Maison Blanche.
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
JOHN MARIN Quartier de la Maison Blanche. Etching on Japan paper, 1907. 130x180 mm; 5¼x7¼ inches, full margins. Edition of approximately only 12. Signed and titled in pencil, lower margin. A superb, dark impression of this extremely scarce, early etching. Marin (1870-1953) left New York for Paris in the summer of 1905, overlapping with Edward Hopper's own visits there at the time, when the city was under the influence of Late Impressionism and the Fauves were dominating the avant-garde scene (Hopper left for Paris in October 1906 and returned to New York in August 1907). Marin exhibited at the Salone d'Automne several times, along with works by Henri Matisse, Édouard Vuillard and Pierre Bonnard, as well as alongside the 1907 Paul Cézanne retrospective. Though surrounded by the excitement of the center of the art world, Marin's main influence at this time period was the artist James A. M. Whistler (1834-1903). In his European prints, before returning to New York, Marin emulated Whistler's high career, looser style of etching, which he had honed during his 1879-80 stay in Venice (Marin even selected similar vantage points as those used by Whistler in Venice). Zigrosser 78.
Swann Auction Galleries
Apr. 18, 2024
JOHN MARIN (1870-1953) Chocorua Along with Dead Trees, White Mountains, N.H
Est: $15,000 - $25,000
JOHN MARIN (1870-1953) Chocorua Along with Dead Trees, White Mountains, N.H. watercolor and charcoal on paper 16 3⁄8 x 21 ¾ in. (41.6 x 55.2 cm.)
Christie's
Apr. 18, 2024
JOHN MARIN (1870-1953) Two Little Boats and Grey Sea, Cape Split, Maine wat
Est: $40,000 - $60,000
JOHN MARIN (1870-1953) Two Little Boats and Grey Sea, Cape Split, Maine watercolor and charcoal on paper 15 ¼ x 20 7⁄8 in. (38.7 x 53 cm.)
Christie's
Apr. 18, 2024
JOHN MARIN (1870-1953) Blue Black Sea, Grey Sky and Ledges, Region Cape Spl
Est: $30,000 - $50,000
JOHN MARIN (1870-1953) Blue Black Sea, Grey Sky and Ledges, Region Cape Split, Maine watercolor, gouache and charcoal on paper 15 3⁄8 x 20 7⁄8 in. (39 x 53 cm.)
Christie's
Apr. 06, 2024
American John Marin Watercolor Pencil Painting
Est: $5,000 - $15,000
Attributed watercolor/pencil to listed artist John Marin. John Marin (1870 - 1953) was active/lived in New York, Maine / France. John Marin is known for Painting-modernist landscape-coastal, etching. Size: 31 3/4" x 26 1/2" framed, 18 3/4 x 13 1/2".~~.John Marin was one of America's greatest early Modernists. He studied architecture at the Stevens Institute and worked in that field until 1893 to pursue an art career, studying at the Art Students League and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art with Thomas Anshutz and William Merritt Chase. While traveling through Europe in 1908, Marin met Alfred Stieglitz, who became his chief promoter and dealer. His first show was held in 1909. While Marin was abroad he focused heavily on etching, retuning to America with 103 works.However, at this point he chose to shift his focus to watercolor, using themes of NYC life in Modernist form and structure to illustrate to dynamics of the city in constant flux. His skyscapes showed a Cubist/Futurist manner with sight lines, contrasting weights and rapid brushwork.Marin's work always sold well with Stieglitz as his dealer and he received quite high prices in the 1920s. Marin was honored with a retrospective at the MoMA in 1936. He was active until his death at age 83.~ . Detailed condition reports are not included in this catalog. For additional information, including condition reports, please contact us at [email protected]. 753.
Sofe Design Auctions
Mar. 24, 2024
attr. John Marin 1952 Still Life Watercolor
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
attributed MARIN, John, (American, 1870-1952): Modernist still life of flowers, Watercolor on heavy paper, signed and dated '52 lower right, dedicated "To Albert. Still Life 52" upper right, sight size 16" x 12", framed 24" x 18". Condition: Scratches to upper center, foxing and toning. Tape to lower edge. Sold with all faults.
Amero Auctions
Mar. 14, 2024
JOHN MARIN St. Paul's Against the El.
Est: $6,000 - $9,000
JOHN MARIN St. Paul's Against the El. Etching on Japan paper, 1930. 243x172 mm; 9⅝x6¾ inches, full margins. Edition of 20. Signed in pencil, lower right. Published by Alfred Stieglitz, New York. A very good, richly-inked impression of this scarce etching. We have found only 3 other impressions at auction in the past 30 years. Zigrosser 146.
Swann Auction Galleries
Mar. 14, 2024
JOHN MARIN Downtown, The El.
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
JOHN MARIN Downtown, The El. Etching, 1921. 170x219 mm; 6⅝x8½ inches, full margins. Edition of approximately 275. Signed in pencil, lower left. Published by The New Republic, New York. A superb impression. According to Zigrosser, the total edition of The New Republic portfolio exceeded 500, but the quota for Marin (1870-1953) prints was divided between this print and another, Brooklyn Bridge and Lower New York, etching, 1913, making Marin's etchings scarcer than the Hopper ( Night Shadows), Sloan, Bacon, Miller and Haskell prints in the same portfolio. Zigrosser 134.
Swann Auction Galleries
Mar. 05, 2024
Manhattan Bridge (and East River Movement)
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
Property from the Estate of Amy Scheuer Cohen John Marin 1870 - 1953 Manhattan Bridge signed Marin and dated 10 (lower left) watercolor on paper 14 by 17 in. 35.6 by 43.2 cm. Executed in 1910.
Sotheby's
Feb. 25, 2024
John Marin Oil on Canvas
Est: $300,000 - $400,000
"John Marin's 'The Day of Judgement'" - an oil painting on canvas with dimensions of 33" x 48".
1stBid
Feb. 25, 2024
John Marin Oil on Canvas
Est: $45,000 - $65,000
John Marin's "Gestural Abstract" - an oil on canvas masterpiece measuring 18" x 25 5/8" and elegantly framed at 23 7/8" x 31 3/4". This striking artwork depicts a captivating Maine island and rocky coastline, bearing the artist's signature and the date 1949. Notably, the painting's history is intertwined with Alfred Stieglitz's renowned "An American Place Gallery" in NYC, adding to its historical significance. Originally acquired by your late father from a NYC collector, this piece has earned the reputation of being of "museum quality." It was once part of the esteemed collection of art collector Clifford Brynildson, father of Erik Brynildson, and is now housed at the nonprofit national historic Museum dedicated to Clifford Brynildson at Fountain Lake Farm, a location with historical ties to John Muir, the famous Scottish-American naturalist and environmental philosopher. Erik, the curator and custodian of this exceptional artwork, continues to share its beauty and significance with the world.
1stBid
Feb. 16, 2024
Attributed to John Marin (American, 1870-1953) Charcoal And Pastel on Paper, Ca. 1905, "Sketch of Horse And Carriage", H 8.75" W 12.75"
Est: $500 - $700
Signed and dated in pencil lower right. Provenance: Property from a Dearborn, MI private collector.
DuMouchelles
Feb. 10, 2024
John Marin, American (1870 - 1953), Marin Island, Small Point, Maine Series, No. 14, 1928, watercolor on paper, 28"H x 32"W (frame), 16 1/2"H 20 3/4"W (sight)
Est: $80,000 - $100,000
John Marin American, (1870 - 1953) Marin Island, Small Point, Maine Series, No. 14, 1928 watercolor on paper Signed and dated lower right. Provenance: An American Place, New York, New York; Kennedy Galleries Inc., New York, New York; A Connecticut estate. Exhibitions:Ogunquit, Maine, The Ogunquit Museum of American Art, "John Marin: Maine Watercolors," July 1 - August 13, 1997. Biography from the Archives of askART: John Marin was born in Rutherford, New Jersey in 1870. His father was a public accountant; his mother died only nine days after his birth. He was taken to his maternal grandparents with whom he lived in Weehawken, New Jersey. His grandparents, with their son and two daughters were the only parents Marin was to know; it has been suggested that his father seems to have ignored him. As a child of seven or eight Marin began to sketch and when he was a teenager he had completed his earliest watercolors. His education in the schools of New Jersey was interspersed with summers of hunting, fishing and sketching; he traveled in the Catskills, and as far away as Wisconsin and Minnesota. But formal training was almost incidental to his development as an artist. He is to America what Paul Cezanne was to France - an innovator who helped to oppose the influence of the narrative painters, the illustrators who were more interested in subject than form, in surface than substance. Marin brought to his work a combination of values which, at the turn of the century, was unique in this country: an aliveness of touch, colors that have both sparkle and solidity, and forms that are vibrant with an energy characteristic of our age. Marin established himself as a practicing architect. In the early 1890s, he worked for four architects and by 1893 had designed six houses in Union Hill, New Jersey. At the age of twenty-eight, he decided to become a professional artist and studied briefly at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia and the Art Students League in New York City. As a watercolorist he had no equal. He used this fluid, spontaneous medium to abstract from objects - skyscrapers, boats, mountains and seas - a simplified anatomy of color and form and to define the pulsation of stresses and movements in the relationship of objects. It was a great disappointment, all his life, that his oil paintings did not achieve the popularity that his watercolors did. From 1905 to 1910 he worked in Europe, where he was influenced by Whistler's watercolors. It was Alfred Stieglitz, Marin's lifetime friend and dealer, whose firm faith in his genius made his position in the art world possible. He developed a distinctive style that he used most characteristically in powerful watercolors of the Maine coast. During the 1920s he provided the dominant force in the movement away from naturalistic representation towards an art of expressive semi-abstraction. He married Marie Jane Hughes after he returned to New York. They had one son, who grew up to run his father's considerable affairs. Marin continued to work at the same steady fast pace as long as he lived. Since 1908 he had produced 1700 paintings, an average of forty a year. He had made the frames for them as well. At the age of seventy-nine, he began to taper off from the days when he painted one hundred watercolors in a summer. He died in 1953. Written and submitted by Jean Ershler Schatz, artist and researcher from Laguna Woods, California. Sources include: Metropolitan Museum of Art Miniatures: Masterpieces in the Philadelphia Museum of Art Oxford Dictionary of Art, Oxford University Press, 1988, edited by Jan Chilvers, Harold Osborne and Dennis Farr, consultant From the internet, AskART.com Robert Hughes in Time magazine, February 22, 1971
Ripley Auctions
Jan. 31, 2024
John Marin (1870 - 1953) Original Pencil Drawing
Est: $7,000 - $10,000
New York City Skyline with boats. 5" x 7 1/4" sight size. Signed, inscribed and dated. "May be my city, may be just me, maybe a bit of both. John Marin April 46".
Weiss Auctions
Jan. 27, 2024
A PAIR OF LITHOGRAPHS BY JOHN MARIN (AMERICAN 1870-1953)
Est: $200 - $400
A PAIR OF LITHOGRAPHS BY JOHN MARIN (AMERICAN 1870-1953) Lions, in the Ring, Women and Sea, 1941 lithograph on paper 25.5 x 32 cm (10 x 12 5/8 in.) [sheet, both], 20 x 25 cm (7 7/8 x 9 7/8 in.)[plate, both]; unframed signed lower right, stamped with the title and artist's name on verso CONDITION The prints are in good condition, some minor creasing to the corners, no other visible issues to report. N.B. All lots are sold in as-is condition at the time of sale. Please note that any condition statement regarding works of art is given as a courtesy to our clients in order to assist them in assessing the condition. The report is a genuine opinion held by Shapiro Auctions and should not be treated as a statement of fact. The absence of a condition report or a photograph does not preclude the absence of defects or restoration, nor does a reference to particular defects imply the absence of any others. Shapiro Auctions, LLC., including its consultants and agents, shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
Shapiro Auctions LLC
Jan. 13, 2024
VIEW OF VENICE MIXED MEDIA PAINTING BY JOHN MARIN
Est: $100 - $150
Watercolor and pastel painting on paper by John Marin, 1870 to 1953, an early American Modernist artist known for his landscapes. The artwork depicts a panoramic view of Venice, Italy. Titled Grand Canal at Sunset. Dated 1918, Venizia of Murano on the backside. Signed by the artist in the lower left. Provenance: Maison de Vente aux Encheres Chativesle, Paris; Private Collection, CA. White mat, golden frame. Collectible Graphic Art, Nautical Landscape Painting, Venetian Veduta.
Antique Arena Inc
Jan. 01, 2024
John Marin Oil on Canvas.
Est: $22,500 - $30,000
John Marin (AMERICAN, 1870-1953) oil on canvas 18" x 25 5/8" Frame: 23 7/8" x 31 3/4" John Marin “gestural abstract” oil painting of a Maine island/rocky coastline. Signed/dated 1949.
1stBid
Dec. 06, 2023
THE GLADSTONE COLLECTION OF BASEBALL ART - JOHN MARIN (AMERICAN, 1870-1953)
Est: $2,500 - $5,000
THE GLADSTONE COLLECTION OF BASEBALL ART JOHN MARIN (AMERICAN, 1870-1953) Babe Ruth JOHN MARIN (AMERICAN, 1870-1953) Babe Ruth signed and dated 'Marin 30' watercolor and charcoal on paper 30 x 21 ½ in. Executed in 1930.
Christie's
Dec. 03, 2023
John Marin (American, 1870-1953) - Abstract Landscape
Est: $25,000 - $40,000
John Marin (American, 1870-1953) - Abstract Landscape Oil on canvas laid down to board 8 ¼ x 10 ⅝ in. (21 x 27cm) Executed circa 1915. Provenance The Artist. The Estate of the Artist. Kennedy Galleries, New York, New York. Richard York Galleries, New York, New York. Private Collection, New York. Literature Sheldon Reich, John Marin: A Stylistic Analysis and Catalogue Raisonné, Part II (Catalogue Raisonné), The University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 1970, no. 15.1, p. 404 (illustrated).
Freeman's | Hindman
Nov. 18, 2023
John MARIN; Venice - Etching
Est: $30 - $40
John Marin etching of a view of a Venetian Canal, faintly signed lower left in pencil. Provenance: From the Jeffrey M. Kaplan Art Collection. [Art: 5 1/4" H x 4" W; Frame: 15 1/2" H x 12 1/2" W].
Roland Auctions NY
Nov. 18, 2023
John MARIN: Abstract Harbor - Watercolor
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
John Marin (American, 1870-1953) modernist watercolor on paper of a harbor scene, of nautical / maritime interest, signed in pencil lower right. [Frame: 17 3/4" H x 22 1/2" W].
Roland Auctions NY
Nov. 17, 2023
Attributed to John Marin (American, 1870-1953) Charcoal And Pastel on Paper, Ca. 1905, "Sketch of Horse And Carriage", H 8.75" W 12.75"
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Signed and dated in pencil lower right.
DuMouchelles