id:			116961
accession number:	1937.514
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1937.514
updated:		2023-01-23 22:26:47.632000

Tree and Sea, Maine, 1919. John Marin (American, 1870–1953). Watercolor on thick wove paper; 22.9 x 29.8 cm (9 x 11 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1937.514 © Estate of John Marin / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

title:				Tree and Sea, Maine
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creation date:			1919
creation date earliest:		1919
creation date latest:		1919
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creditline:			Dudley P. Allen Fund
copyright:			© Estate of John Marin / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	Watercolor on thick wove paper
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - American 20th Century
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* John Marin (American, 1870–1953)  - artist

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measurements: 22.9 x 29.8 cm (9 x 11 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection
	opening date:   2022-09-11T04:00:00
	<i>Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 11, 2022-January 8, 2023).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Estate of Charles T. Brooks
	date: 1937
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fun fact:
In 1915, Marin bought a small island off the coast of Small Point Harbor, Maine.

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wall description:
By 1919, Marin was a summer regular in Maine where he continued to find inspiration for his experiments in watercolor. This composition focuses on an evergreen tree, which he often highlighted as a symbol of steadfastness amid a harsh and changing environment. Unusually realistic in terms of palette, Marin nevertheless played with the abstract shapes of the rising hill, horizon, and sea in this composition.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Reich, Sheldon. John Marin: A Stylistic Analysis and Catalogue Raisonné. 2 vols. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1970.
	page number: 	II: 474, no. 19.43
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