John Marin

Adirondacks, Owl's Head
1947

A watercolor painting depicting a lush, mountainous landscape with a variety of green hues indicating vegetation. In the foreground, there appears to be a road or path winding through the trees, and in the background, a mountain range stretches across the horizon under a sky with light cloud cover. The painting is signed and dated in the lower right corner.

A watercolor painting depicting a lush, mountainous landscape with a variety of green hues indicating vegetation. In the foreground, there appears to be a road or path winding through the trees, and in the background, a mountain range stretches across the horizon under a sky with light cloud cover. The painting is signed and dated in the lower right corner.

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Date
1947

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Watercolor and fabricated chalk on paper

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 15 5/8 × 21in. (39.7 × 53.3 cm)

Accession number
96.60.51

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Charles Simon Bequest

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

API
artworks/10362

Exhibitions

Highlights from the Permanent Collection: From Hopper to Mid-Century

Feb 25, 2000–May 20, 2006

John Marin
28 works in the collection

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