Live Auction 2058Important American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture
John Marin (1870-1953)
Lot 10 Property from a Private American Collection 

John Marin (1870-1953)

Hills

Closed4 December 2008

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John Marin (1870-1953)
Hills
signed and dated 'Marin 18' (lower right)
watercolor and pencil on paper
16 x 19¼ in. (40.6 x 48.9 cm.)

Paul Rosenfeld, New York.
Edna Bryner.
Vassar College Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, New York, gift from the above, 1950.
The Downtown Gallery, New York, by 1970.
Linda Hyman Fine Arts, New York.
Sotheby's, New York, 6 June 1997, lot 153.
Michael Altman & Co., Inc., New York.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1997.

Specialist note

According to Sheldon Reich, this picture was painted in the summer of 1918 in Rowe, Massachusetts, where "Marin painted some of the most impressive landscapes of his life."