John Marin

(Movement: Boat in Green and Red Sea)
1947

An impressionistic painting depicting a lone boat with a figure inside, floating on a turbulent sea with expressive brushstrokes in shades of blue, green, and white. The sky above is rendered with soft white clouds against a pale background. The artwork is encased in a unique frame with geometric patterns and symbols, and it's signed "Matisse '47" in the lower right corner.

An impressionistic painting depicting a lone boat with a figure inside, floating on a turbulent sea with expressive brushstrokes in shades of blue, green, and white. The sky above is rendered with soft white clouds against a pale background. The artwork is encased in a unique frame with geometric patterns and symbols, and it's signed "Matisse '47" in the lower right corner.

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Date
1947

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Oil on linen, with wood frame

Dimensions
Overall: 22 3/16 × 28 1/8 × 13/16in. (56.4 × 71.4 × 2.1 cm)

Accession number
96.60.57a-b

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/10368

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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