id:			124772
accession number:	1946.256
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1946.256
updated:		2024-03-26 01:58:03.035000

Sand Dunes, Wallace Head, Maine, 1915. John Marin (American, 1870–1953). Watercolor over graphite on thick wove paper; sheet: 41.8 x 49.2 cm (16 7/16 x 19 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1946.256 © Estate of John Marin / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

title:				Sand Dunes, Wallace Head, Maine
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creation date:			1915
creation date earliest:		1915
creation date latest:		1915
current location:		
creditline:			Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
copyright:			© Estate of John Marin / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	Watercolor over graphite on thick wove paper
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - American 20th Century
type:		Drawing
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catalogue raisonne: Reich 15.35

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CREATORS

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

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measurements: Sheet: 41.8 x 49.2 cm (16 7/16 x 19 3/8 in.)
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	description:	cream(1) wove paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	signed, lower left in graphite: Marin 15; verso, probably by the artist, center, in graphite: Sand Dunes / Wallace Head / maine; upper right, in graphite: 305 [circled]; lower left, in graphite: a8; lower left, in graphite s.b.c. / 2 [circled]; lower right, in graphite: $850


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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		New Accessions U.S.A.
	opening date:   1948-06-27T04:00:00
	<i>New Accessions U.S.A.</i>. Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, CO (organizer) (June 27-September 12, 1948).

	title:		Water Color
	opening date:   1962-06-06T04:00:00
	<i>Water Color</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 6-August 27, 1962).

	title:		Water Colors from the Museum Collection
	opening date:   1973-07-23T04:00:00
	<i>Water Colors from the Museum Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 23-September 16, 1973).

	title:		Directions in Drawing: 1750-1988
	opening date:   1991-04-02T05:00:00
	<i>Directions in Drawing: 1750-1988</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 2-August 4, 1991).

	title:		Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2000-08-27T00:00:00
	<i>Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 27-October 17, 2000); The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY (May 23-August 19, 2001); Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX (October 14, 2001-January 6, 2002).

	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

* {'description': '<em>Water Color Paintings</em>. American Federation of Arts Museum Series Program of Exhibitions (ten venues; 1949 - 1950).', 'opening_date': '1949-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': "Possibly included in the one-man exhibition of Marin's work held at the Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession (known as 291), New York (January 18 -February 12, 1916. Cannot be confirmed since no checklist or catalogue exists.", 'opening_date': '1916-01-18T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	(An American Place, New York, NY, sold to Mr. Zirinsky)
	date: after 1915-1945
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	Mr. Zirinsky
	date: 1945-by 1946
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			* <div><!--block-->According to CMA files, an old label from An American Place gallery, now lost, was inscribed in Stieglitz's hand: "Acquired by Mr. Zirinsky 12/10/45"</div>
			
			
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	(James N. Rosenberg, White Plains, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH)
	date: ?-1946
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1946-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Kelly, Grace V. "Superb Marin Water Color Acquired by Museum of Art." <em>Cleveland Plain Dealer </em>(July 25, 1948): 22-D.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 22-D
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	<em>New Accessions USA</em>. Exh. Cat. Colorado Springs: Colorado Fine Arts Center, 1948.
	page number: 	Mentioned: no. 14
	url:		https://archive.org/details/newacc00colo

	Reich, Sheldon. <em>John Marin: Catalogue Raisonné</em>. 2 Vols. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1970.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: II: p. 409, no. 15.35
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	DeGrazia, Diane, and Carter E. Foster. <em>Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Exh. Cat. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2000.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p, 8, pp. 234-235, 296-297; Reproduced: p. 235
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