Live Auction 20998Selections from the Geddy Lee Collection and Important Baseball Memorabilia
JOHN MARIN (AMERICAN, 1870-1953)
Lot 209 THE GLADSTONE COLLECTION OF BASEBALL ART

JOHN MARIN (AMERICAN, 1870-1953)

Babe Ruth

Closed6 December 2023

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JOHN MARIN (AMERICAN, 1870-1953)
Babe Ruth
signed and dated 'Marin 30'
watercolor and charcoal on paper
30 x 21 ½ in.
Executed in 1930.

Acquired from the artist by Alma Jordan Knauber, Taos, New Mexico, 1930.
Collection of Bruce Ware, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1974.
With Richard York Gallery, New York.

Specialist note

Colorful watercolor painting of Babe Ruth in uniform standing atop a pile of tin cans. Several abstract titling references encircle the main image with green background. The painting illustrates Ruth's bat sweeping away debris as it was originally purchased to benefit flood victims in Taos, NM in 1930. Marin's work is very highly regarded having been exhibited in numerous major institutions. Various labels remain affixed to the back including 1986 letter confirming the piece as an authentic Marin adding to his catalogue: EX-MT