About this artwork
In Cathedral, Rouen, Marin evoked the grandeur of the massive church less through an elaboration of architectural detail than through the piling up of vertical lines, harnessing the energy of the towers’ skyward thrust.
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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
- Cathedral, Rouen
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Place
- United States (Artist's nationality)
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Date
- Made 1909
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Medium
- Etching, selectively wiped, on ivory Japanese paper
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Dimensions
- Plate: 25 × 20 cm (9 7/8 × 7 7/8 in.); Sheet: 39.4 × 29.8 cm (15 9/16 × 11 3/4 in.)
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Credit Line
- Alfred Stieglitz Collection
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Reference Number
- 1949.926
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Copyright
- © 2018 Estate of John Marin / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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