Sailboat
1932
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View on museum website →Medium
etching in black on wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 17.6 × 23.6 cm (6 15/16 × 9 5/16 in.) sheet: 30.2 × 45.9 cm (11 7/8 × 18 1/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Accession Number
2008.115.3339
About the Artist
John Marin
John Marin (1870-1953) was a pioneering American modernist known for his dynamic watercolors and oils of the Maine coast and New York City. A late bloomer who didn't commit to art until nearly 30, Marin developed a distinctive style combining European modernism with American subjects, capturing the energy of skyscrapers and the elemental power of the sea through fractured planes, vibrant color, an...