About this artwork
All of the Art Institute’s watercolors by Marin painted between 1917 and 1926 contain charcoal, which the artist employed to summon a range of tonal and textural effects. Here he drew an economical, linear design and used a rag or stump to disperse the charcoal, creating a smooth gray tone. He dragged his brush, wet with water or pale green wash, over other charcoal marks, spreading the material in a broad halo around the initial line. While watercolor manuals warned against using charcoal in combination with the aqueous medium because of the likelihood of smearing, Marin embraced the unconventional effects he could achieve by manipulating the two media in tandem.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Prints and Drawings
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Artist
- John Marin
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Title
- Untitled (Green and White)
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Place
- United States (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- 1917
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Medium
- Watercolor and charcoal with stumping, and with charcoal wash, on thick, slightly textured, ivory wove paper (all edges trimmed), in original frame
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Inscriptions
- Signed and dated lower right corner, in graphite, “Marin 17”; inscribed verso, center of left edge, in blue pencil: ”6" (encircled)
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Dimensions
- 37 × 43 cm (14 5/8 × 16 15/16 in.)
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Credit Line
- Alfred Stieglitz Collection
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Reference Number
- 1949.557
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Copyright
- © 2018 Estate of John Marin / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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