id: 133753 accession number: 1956.361 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1956.361 updated: 2025-06-18 11:14:26.975000 Rocks and Sea: Small Point, Maine, 1931. John Marin (American, 1870–1953). Oil on canvas; framed: 65.4 x 80.6 x 6.4 cm (25 3/4 x 31 3/4 x 2 1/2 in.); unframed: 56.2 x 71 cm (22 1/8 x 27 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund, 1956.361. © Estate of John Marin / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York title: Rocks and Sea: Small Point, Maine title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1931 creation date earliest: 1931 creation date latest: 1931 current location: creditline: Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund copyright: © Estate of John Marin / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York --- culture: America technique: oil on canvas department: American Painting and Sculpture collection: American - Painting type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * John Marin (American, 1870–1953) - artist --- measurements: Framed: 65.4 x 80.6 x 6.4 cm (25 3/4 x 31 3/4 x 2 1/2 in.); Unframed: 56.2 x 71 cm (22 1/8 x 27 15/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: signed lower right: Marin / 31 translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: John Marin in Retrospect opening date: 1962-03-02T05:00:00 John Marin in Retrospect. Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (organizer) (March 2-April 15, 1962); Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH (May 9-June 20, 1962). title: Modern Art in America: Alfred Stieglitz and His New York Galleries opening date: 2001-01-28T00:00:00 Modern Art in America: Alfred Stieglitz and His New York Galleries. National Gallery of Art, Landover, MD (organizer) (January 28-April 22, 2001). title: Made in U.S.A., l'art américain, 1908-1943, entre nationalisme et internationalisme [FRAME] opening date: 2001-10-05T00:00:00 Made in U.S.A., l'art américain, 1908-1943, entre nationalisme et internationalisme [FRAME]. Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux, F-33000 Bordeaux, France (organizer) (October 5-December 31, 2001); Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes, Rennes, France (January 17-March 31, 2002); Musée Fabre, Montpellier, France (April 10-June 25, 2002). title: The Great American Thing: Modern Art and National Identity, 1915-1935 opening date: 2005-09-17T00:00:00 The Great American Thing: Modern Art and National Identity, 1915-1935. Figge Arts Center, Davenport, Iowa (September 17, 2005-January 1, 2006); Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA (January 29-May 21, 2006). title: Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection opening date: 2022-09-11T04:00:00 Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 11, 2022-January 8, 2023). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': 'Philadelphia, The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, The 129th Annual Exhibition (28 January-25 February 1934), cat. no. 323, listed p. 36.', 'opening_date': '1934-01-28T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'New York, The Museum of Modern Art, John Marin: Watercolors, Oil Paintings, Etchings (1936), illus. cat. no. 162.', 'opening_date': '1936-01-01T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Washington, D.C., The Corcoran Gallery of Art, John Marin in Retrospect: An Exhibition of His Oils and Watercolors (2 March-15 April 1962); traveled to Manchester, NH, The Currier Gallery of Art (9 May-24 June 1962); cat. no. 5, not illus.', 'opening_date': '1962-03-02T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Munich, Haus der Kunst, Amerikanische Malerei 1930-1980 (14 November 1981-31 January 1982), illus. cat. no. 7, p. 27.', 'opening_date': '1981-11-14T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Southampton, NY, The Parrish Art Museum, Marin in Oil (18 July-20 September 1987); traveled to West Palm Beach, FL, The Norton Gallery and School of Art (11 October-29 November 1987); to Savannah, GA, The Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences (20 January-7 March 1988); to University Park, PA, Museum of Art, The Pennsylvania State University (20 March-18 May 1988); to Buffalo, Albright-Knox Art Gallery (16 July-4 September 1988); illus. cat. no. 15, p. 80, listed p. 121.', 'opening_date': '1987-07-18T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Reckoning with Winslow Homer: His Late Paintings and Their Influence (19 September-18 November 1990); traveled to Columbus, Columbus Museum of Art (16 December 1990-10 February 1991); to Washington, D.C., The Corcoran Gallery of Art (16 March-12 May 1991), cat. not numbered, illus. fig. 115.', 'opening_date': '1990-09-19T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, Modern Art and America: Alfred Stieglitz and His New York Galleries (28 January-22 April 2001), cat. not numbered, illus. plate 126, p. 349.', 'opening_date': '2001-01-28T00:00:00'} * {'description': "Bordeaux, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Made in USA: L'Art Américain, 1908-1947 (10 October-31 December 2001); traveled to Rennes, Musée des Beaux-Arts (18 January-31 March 2002); to Montpellier, Musée Fabre (12 April-23 June 2002), cat. not numbered, illus. p. 156.", 'opening_date': '2001-10-10T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Figge Arts Center, Davenport Museum of Art (9/17/2005 - 1/1/2006) and Tacoma Art Museum (1/29/2006 - 5/21/2006): "The Great American Thing: Modern Art and National Identity, 1915-1935"', 'opening_date': '2005-09-17T00:00:00'} --- PROVENANCE (Downtown Gallery, New York). date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Coe, Nancy. "'Rocks and Sea, Small Point, Maine.'" The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 44, no. 1 (January 1957): 9-12. page number: Mentioned: p. 9; Reproduced: p. 10 url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25142179 The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 554 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n103 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. page number: Reproduced: p. 193 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n217 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. page number: Reproduced: p. 193 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n217 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. page number: Reproduced: p. 238 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n258 --- IMAGES