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The Tree, New Mexico
The Tree, New Mexico

The Tree, New Mexico

John Marin (American, 1870–1953)
1930
Medium/TechniqueTransparent watercolors with charcoal underdrawing (white paper reserves are created by "dry" brush rather than by scraping paper)
DimensionsSheet: 43.2 x 35.2 cm (17 x 13 7/8 in.)
Framed: 54 x 46.4 cm (21 1/4 x 18 1/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of the William H. Lane Foundation
Accession number1990.425
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsWatercolors
ProvenanceOctober 21, 1959, sold by Downtown Gallery, New York (stock no. 30/2), to William H. Lane (b. 1914 – d. 1995), Leominster, MA [see note 1]; 1961, transferred to the William H. Lane Foundation, Leominster; 1990, gift of the William H. Lane Foundation to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 18, 1990)

NOTES:
[1] Archives of American Art, Downtown Gallery Records, Series 4, Business Records: Sales Slips (5 of 5), 1959: Reel 5629 (Box 73), Frame 890.

Copyright© 2011 Estate of John Marin / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.