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Considered by many to be America’s supreme watercolorist, John Marin painted more than one hundred watercolors while in New Mexico during the summers of 1929 and 1930 as a guest of Mabel Dodge Luhan. This volume brings together forty-seven of those important Marin works.

"Marin’s New Mexico watercolors retain a freshness and urgency of execution. Everywhere in them are traces of the artist’s own exuberant energies, the vital ingredient that completed the structure of the visual world he invented."—Sharyn Udall, from the essay. ... Read more

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Second only to that of the National Gallery in Washington, D.C., Colby College Museum of Art's John Marin Collection contains paintings, watercolors, drawings, etchings and photographs by one of the most important modern American artists. The works span the years 1888 to 1953 and, at a time when interest in Alfred Stieglitz and his colleagues is growing, prove extremely timely and academically valuable. Essay by Ruth E. Fine.~Introduction by Hugh J. Gourley. Clothbound, 8.5 x 9.5 in./160 pgs / 65 color 0 BW0 duotone 0 ~ Item D20293 ... Read more

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Exhibition: April 1990. 32 black and white illustrations. ... Read more

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Exhibition: October 1-22, 1994. 24 color illustrations. ... Read more

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Marine Paintings of John Marin
This short (70 pages) book of John Marin marine paintings includes good examples of both his oil and watercolor paintings which were almost all done in Maine. A dozen pages of text by the author Sam Hunter (Emeritus Professor of Art at Princeton University) if followed by about 20 color plates accompanied by quotes from John Marin.

If you are a lover of Maine art or John Marin art you will want to add this to your colledtion. ... Read more

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Exhibition: October 8-29, 1988. 24 color illustrations. ... Read more

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Title: Clip & save: John Marin (1870-1953), movement -- pertaining to Deer Isle, Maine -- The harbor I, 1927. Watercolor and pencil on paper; 16 5/8" x 22 1/4". The Metropolitan Musuem of Art, New York. (Art Notes)(Cover Story).(Brief Article)
Publication: Arts & Activities (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 1, 2001
Publisher: Publishers' Development Corporation
Volume: 130Issue: 3Page: 28(1)

Article Type: Brief Article

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Providing a detailed annotated bibliography and research guide to the Stieglitz Circle and four of its leading members--Arthur Dove, Marsden Hartley, John Marin, and Max Weber--this new sourcebook offers a chapter on each of the four artists. Complete with biographical essay and guides to writings, statements, correspondence, books, articles, reviews, reference sources, and archival sources, each artist's chapter gives the researcher an exhaustive catalogue of relevant material. ... Read more

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The definitive look at an American Modernist: Marin.
The evolution and transformation of Marin's art is brilliantly revealed in Ruth Fine's John Marin. The novice and long time art lover can be assured that they hold a treasure with this out-of-print masterpiece. Informative and well paced this comprehensive publication also delights in the shear artistic energy emanating from Marin's work. The beautifully reproduced drawings, paintings and-- most of all-- his signature watercolors are simply breathtaking. For anyone interested in the American Modernist movement this book delivers a master: John Marin.

Ruth Fine's "Marin" is an American Watercolor masterpiece!
I had the privilage to visit the National Gallery and view John Marin's work in toto a few years ago. He is truly one of the most obscure of the great American abstract watercolorists of this Century. I did not purchase the book at the time, assuming that I could purchase it anywhere back home. Now that it is out of print, I am in a desperate search for it. Marin's work is extrodinarily fresh, alive and engaging. Abbeville Press must reprint for bookstores, libraries and the public to enjoy this man's great talent and fine work!

A enjoyable work about a magnificent american artist
JOHN MARIN was really a great artist. His paintings, mainly water colors, were divine. And RUTH FINE showed us with her irreprehensible work about MARIN. However I figured out he still is very unknown in US. Most salesmen of big book stores or arts stores in N.York don't know him .The book had been very well edited and printed, but unfortunatly it's out-of-print. ABBEVILLE PRESS should print it again. The book should be available at least in all Public and Universities libraries. American people and students deserve it.

John Marin's Art Shown Beautifully
This is one of the most magnificent artist monographs I have ever read. Photography of his watercolors are of the highest quality. The best reference of his work ever done related to the 1990 retrospective exhibit at the National Gallery ... Read more

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Exhibition: April 5-23, 1988. 32 color illustrations. ... Read more