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Provenance

The artist Weyhe Gallery, New York Acquired from the above in 1931 by the present owner

Exhibited

New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Watercolors, Drawings, Prints from the Permanent Collection , 1932 New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Summer Exhibition: Paintings, Sculpture, Prints and Watercolors, 1933 New York, Cosmopolitan Club, 1934 Venice, Italy, XIX Esposizione Biennale Internazionale D'arte , 1934, no. 80, p. 336, illustrated New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Sculpture, Paintings and Prints from the Permanent Collection, 1935 San Francisco, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, Exhibition of American Painting, 1935 New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Recent Acquisitions, 1937 Boston, E.T. Slattery Company, Contemporary American Painting, 1937, no. 47, n.p. New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Summer Exhibition: Sculpture, Paintings and Watercolors from the Permanent Collection, 1937, no. 95, n.p. Minneapolis, Minnesota, The St. Paul Gallery and School of Art, Fifty Contemporary Paintings and Watercolors from the Permanent Collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1940 New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Exhibition of Paintings, Sculpture, Watercolors, 1940 Buenos Aires, Argentina, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes; Bogota, Colombia; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Caracas, Venezuela; Havana, Cuba; Lima, Peru; Mexico City, Mexico; Montevideo, Uruguay; New York, New York; Quito, Ecuador; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Santiago, Chile (exact venues unknown), Pioneers of Modern Art in America, 1941 Portland, Oregon, Portland Art Museum; South Hadley, Massachusetts, Mount Holyoke College; Minneapolis, Minnesota, University of Minnesota; Rochester, New York, Rochester Memorial Art Gallery; Roanoke, Virginia, Hollins College, Fifty Watercolors from the Collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art , 1942-43 Reykjavik, Iceland, Office of War Information, 1944 Minneapolis, Minnesota, The Walker Art Center; Detroit, The Detroit Institute of Arts; Brooklyn, The Brooklyn Museum, American Watercolor and Winslow Homer , 1945, n.n., p. 68, illustrated Utica, New York, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, John Marin, Watercolors, Oils, Prints and Drawings, 1951, no. 4 Hempstead, New York, Hofstra College, Contemporary Americans , 1953 Boulder, Colorado, University of Colorado, Exhibition of Paintings, 1953 Vancouver, British Columbia, Vancouver Art Gallery, 1955 Waterville, Maine, Colby College; Brunswick, Maine, Bowdoin College; New Britain, Connecticut, The New Britain Institute Art Museum, Twentieth Century American Paintings, 1958 Katonah, New York, Katonah Gallery, John Marin Exhibition, 1959 Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Coe College, Fine Arts Festival, 1959 New York, Downtown Gallery, American Abstractions, 1903-1923, 1962 Columbia, South Carolina, Columbia Museum of Art, Ascendancy of American Painting , 1963, no. 49, p. 5, illustrated New York, Whitney Museum of American Art; St. Louis, City Art Museum of St. Louis; Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art; Philadelphia, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago; Buffalo, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, The Decade of the Armory Show, New Directions in American Art 1910-1920 , Sixth Loan Exhibition by the friends of the Whitney Museum of American Art , 1963-64, no. 60, p. 73 New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, American Art of the Twentieth Century, 1967 New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Twenty-Four 20th Century Americans, 1967 Holmdel, New Jersey, Monmouth Museum, Modern Sculpture from the Whitney , 1969 Katonah, New York, The Katonah Gallery, Alfred Stieglitz and His Circle , 1971 New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, The 20th Century: 35 American Artists, an Exhibition of Works from the Permanent Collection , 1974 New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Circa 1910 , 1977 Charleston, South Carolina, Gibbes Art Gallery; New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Tradition and Modernism in American Art: 1900-1930, 1978-79 New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, A Mirror of Creation: 150 Years of American Nature Painting, 1981, no. 34, p. 41, illustrated Portland, Oregon, Portland Museum of Art, John Marin in Maine, 1985, no. 6 Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, Modern Art and America: Alfred Stieglitz and His New York Galleries , 2001, no. 244, illustrated in color New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Highlights from the Permanent Collection: From Hopper to Mid-Century , 2000-06

Literature

Lloyd Goodrich & John Baur, American art of our century, New York, 1961, n.n., p. 36 Sheldon Reich, John Marin: A Stylistic Analysis and Catalogue Raisonné , vol. II, Tucson, Arizona, 1970, no. 14.67, p. 399 Julie Johnson & Donald Hollenbeck, Yellow Level (11th grade) , Evanston, Illinois, 1984, p. 748, illustrated in color Whitney Museum of American Art, History, Purpose and Activities, with a complete list of works in its permanent collection to January, 1935, New York, 1935, p. 20 Whitney Museum of American Art, History, Purpose and Activities, with a complete list of works in its permanent collection to January, 1937, New York, 1937, p. 27

Catalog summary

Sold by the Whitney Museum of American Art to Support Future Acquisitions John Marin 1870 - 1953 Sunset signed Marin and dated 14 (lower left) watercolor on paper 16½ by 19¼ in. Executed in 1914. Provenance The artist Weyhe Gallery, New York Acquired from the above in 1931 by the present owner Literature Lloyd Goodrich & John Baur, American art of our century, New York, 1961, n.n., p. 36 Sheldon Reich, John Marin: A Stylistic Analysis and Catalogue Raisonné , vol. II, Tucson, Arizona, 1970, no. 14.67, p. 399 Julie Johnson & Donald Hollenbeck, Yellow Level (11th grade) , Evanston, Illinois, 1984, p. 748, illustrated in color Whitney Museum of American Art, History, Purpose and Activities, with a complete list of works in its permanent collection to January, 1935, New York, 1935, p. 20 Whitney Museum of American Art, History, Purpose and Activities, with a complete list of works in its permanent collection to January, 1937, New York, 1937, p. 27 Exhibited New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Watercolors, Drawings, Prints from the Permanent Collection , 1932 New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Summer Exhibition: Paintings, Sculpture, Prints and Watercolors, 1933 New York, Cosmopolitan Club, 1934 Venice, Italy, XIX Esposizione Biennale Internazionale D'arte , 1934, no. 80, p. 336, illustrated New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Sculpture, Paintings and Prints from the Permanent Collection, 1935 San Francisco, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, Exhibition of American Painting, 1935 New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Recent Acquisitions, 1937 Boston, E.T. Slattery Company, Contemporary American Painting, 1937, no. 47, n.p. New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Summer Exhibition: Sculpture, Paintings and Watercolors from the Permanent Collection, 1937, no. 95, n.p. Minneapolis, Minnesota, The St. Paul Gallery and School of Art, Fifty Contemporary Paintings and Watercolors from the Permanent Collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1940 New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Exhibition of Paintings, Sculpture, Watercolors, 1940 Buenos Aires, Argentina, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes; Bogota, Colombia; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Caracas, Venezuela; Havana, Cuba; Lima, Peru; Mexico City, Mexico; Montevideo, Uruguay; New York, New York; Quito, Ecuador; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Santiago, Chile (exact venues unknown), Pioneers of Modern Art in America, 1941 Portland, Oregon, Portland Art Museum; South Hadley, Massachusetts, Mount Holyoke College; Minneapolis, Minnesota, University of Minnesota; Rochester, New York, Rochester Memorial Art Gallery; Roanoke, Virginia, Hollins College, Fifty Watercolors from the Collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art , 1942-43 Reykjavik, Iceland, Office of War Information, 1944 Minneapolis, Minnesota, The Walker Art Center; Detroit, The Detroit Institute of Arts; Brooklyn, The Brooklyn Museum, American Watercolor and Winslow Homer , 1945, n.n., p. 68, illustrated Utica, New York, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, John Marin, Watercolors, Oils, Prints and Drawings, 1951, no. 4 Hempstead, New York, Hofstra College, Contemporary Americans , 1953 Boulder, Colorado, University of Colorado, Exhibition of Paintings, 1953 Vancouver, British Columbia, Vancouver Art Gallery, 1955 Waterville, Maine, Colby College; Brunswick, Maine, Bowdoin College; New Britain, Connecticut, The New Britain Institute Art Museum, Twentieth Century American Paintings, 1958 Katonah, New York, Katonah Gallery, John Marin Exhibition, 1959 Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Coe College, Fine Arts Festival, 1959 New York, Downtown Gallery, American Abstractions, 1903-1923, 1962 Columbia, South Carolina, Columbia Museum of Art, Ascendancy of American Painting , 1963, no. 49, p. 5, illustrated New York, Whitney Museum of American Art; St. Louis, City Art Museum of St. Louis; Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art; Philadelphia, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago; Buffalo, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, The Decade of the Armory Show, New Directions in American Art 1910-1920 , Sixth Loan Exhibition by the friends of the Whitney Museum of American Art , 1963-64, no. 60, p. 73 New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, American Art of the Twentieth Century, 1967 New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Twenty-Four 20th Century Americans, 1967 Holmdel, New Jersey, Monmouth Museum, Modern Sculpture from the Whitney , 1969 Katonah, New York, The Katonah Gallery, Alfred Stieglitz and His Circle , 1971 New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, The 20th Century: 35 American Artists, an Exhibition of Works from the Permanent Collection , 1974 New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Circa 1910 , 1977 Charleston, South Carolina, Gibbes Art Gallery; New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Tradition and Modernism in American Art: 1900-1930, 1978-79 New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, A Mirror of Creation: 150 Years of American Nature Painting, 1981, no. 34, p. 41, illustrated Portland, Oregon, Portland Museum of Art, John Marin in Maine, 1985, no. 6 Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, Modern Art and America: Alfred Stieglitz and His New York Galleries , 2001, no. 244, illustrated in color New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Highlights from the Permanent Collection: From Hopper to Mid-Century , 2000-06