id:			85561
accession number:	2020.139
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2020.139
updated:		2025-06-18 11:14:25.623000

West Point, Maine, 1914. John Marin (American, 1870–1953). Watercolor with scraping and traces of graphite on thick, moderately rough-textured wove paper; image and sheet: 38 x 40.8 cm (14 15/16 x 16 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift 2020.139 © Estate of John Marin / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

title:				West Point, Maine
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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 scraping and traces of graphite on thick, moderately 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: 38 x 40.8 cm (14 15/16 x 16 1/16 in.)
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	inscription:	Recto, lower right: "Marin/14"
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on verso: "77= (circled)"
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on verso: "JM (initialed)"
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	inscription:	Written in black ink on verso: "#5R363/14-5/8 x 16 (in pencil)"
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on verso: "NBM 4/7/84"
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on verso: "#31703"
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	inscription:	Written in watercolor paint on verso: "West Point/Maine/14-5/8 x 16 1914/SR 14.94 (in pencil)"
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on verso: "[illegible cursive inscription]"
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on verso: "MO (?)"
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on verso: "LCC"
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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 the Artist
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	(Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York, NY)
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	(Downtown Gallery, New York, NY)
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	(Sid Deutsch Gallery, New York, NY)
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	Private Collection, New York, NY
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	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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