id:			380064
accession number:	2020.136
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2020.136
updated:		2022-06-29 09:01:14.866000

West Point, near Small Point, Maine -- Spring, 1914. John Marin (American, 1870-1953). Watercolor with traces of graphite on thick, rough-textured wove paper; image and sheet: 41.3 x 36 cm (16 1/4 x 14 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift 2020.136 © Estate of John Marin / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

title:				West Point, near Small Point, Maine -- Spring
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creation date:			1914
creation date earliest:		1914
creation date latest:		1914
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creditline:			Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift
copyright:			© Estate of John Marin / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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culture:	America
technique:	Watercolor with traces of graphite on thick, rough-textured 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: Image and Sheet: 41.3 x 36 cm (16 1/4 x 14 3/16 in.)
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	inscription:	Recto, lower right: "Marin 14"
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	inscription:	Imprinted in blue and black type on paper gallery label adhered to verso: "Artist John Marin/Title West Point/Medium W.C./The Downtow (remainder of label has been lost)"
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on verso: "7= (circled)"
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on verso: "#SR 14.90/16-1/4 x 14-1/8"
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on verso: "459= (circled)"
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on verso: "NBM 3/31/84"
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on verso: "#31712"
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on verso: "200"
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on verso: "1914 C"
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on verso: "Westpoint/Me./1914/SR 14.90 (in blue ink)"
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on verso: "JM"
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on verso: "HCC/ACC (scribbled out in pencil)"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Keithley, Cleveland, OH
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	the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: March 2, 2020
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fun fact: 
John Marin returned repeatedly to the site in Maine where he made this watercolor, each time portraying through color, paint handling, perspective, and movement his spontaneous experience of the place.

digital description: 
One of America’s most important watercolorists, John Marin repeatedly challenged accepted ideas about what the medium could do, taking an improvisational approach to color, paint handling, perspective, and movement. This watercolor was made during Marin’s first summer in Maine, 1914, a place that would become central to his watercolor practice for years to come. Marin often returned to the same spot repeatedly, making watercolors each time in response to the light and weather of the moment. <em>West Point near Small Point Maine, Spring</em> is one of three watercolors in the CMA's collection made at the same spot (see 2020.138 and 2020.139). This watercolor shows Marin's responsiveness to the season and vegetation of spring expressed through color and other hallmarks of his style, chiefly his great variety of marks, from bold dashes to transparent washes.

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