Castorland, NY (Sold)
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1913
Watercolor on paper
16 x 18 5/8 inches
Signed and dated lower right
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JOHN MARIN, 1870-1953
John Marin had a long association with Alfred Stieglitz in New York City, who exhibited his work, and in the 1930s, developed interest in the human figure and marine subjects and oil painting.
In Taos, New Mexico, which he visited in 1929 and 1930, he was the guest of Mabel Dodge Luhan. His work was unique because he was using a drybrush watercolor technique and vividly demonstrated how watercolor could capture the New Mexico landscape. Because he was so respected nationally, his use of watercolor in New Mexico set a precedent for others painting there.
Source: Martha McWilliams Wright, Michael David Zellman, 300 Years of American Art