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Bal Bullier, Paris

A work made of etching with plate tone on ivory japanese paper.
© 2018 Estate of John Marin / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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  • A work made of etching with plate tone on ivory japanese paper.

Date:

1906

Artist:

John Marin
American, 1870-1953

About this artwork

Here Marin juxtaposed a carefully described street scene with a sky dramatized by a free array of slashes, scratches, and hatching. This etching corresponds to his watercolors of the time, in which the sky reveals the greatest freedom in his handling of the brush.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

John Marin

Title

Bal Bullier, Paris

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

Made 1906

Medium

Etching with plate tone on ivory Japanese paper

Dimensions

Plate: 13.8 × 19.7 cm (5 7/16 × 7 13/16 in.); Sheet: 22.7 × 28.9 cm (8 15/16 × 11 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Alfred Stieglitz Collection

Reference Number

1949.918

Copyright

© 2018 Estate of John Marin / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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