240
John Marin
Sailboat
- Estimate
- $3,000 - 5,000
$3,750
Lot Details
Etching, on laid paper, with margins, a fine, richly inked impression, with burr in the heavily etched lines, and delicate overall plate tone.
1932
I. 6 7/8 x 9 1/4 in. (17.5 x 23.5 cm)
S. 8 3/4 x 11 5/8 in. (22.2 x 29.5 cm)
S. 8 3/4 x 11 5/8 in. (22.2 x 29.5 cm)
Signed and dated in pencil, from the first edition of 30 (before steelfacing for the unsigned edition of approximately 200), published by the American Artists Group, New York, framed.
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Catalogue Essay
This image was a personal favorite of Marin's and another impression of the print, dedicated to Georgia O'Keefe, bears the artist's notation 'A Beaut'. It was also used for the cover illustration of the catalogue raisonné.
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