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One of America’s most important watercolorists, John Marin repeatedly challenged accepted ideas about what the medium could do, taking an improvisational approach to color, paint handling, perspective, and movement. This watercolor was made during Marin’s first summer in Maine, 1914, a place that would become central to his watercolor practice for years to come. Marin often returned to the same spot repeatedly, making watercolors each time in response to the light and weather of the moment. <em>West Point near Small Point Maine, Spring</em> is one of three watercolors in the CMA's collection made at the same spot (see 2020.138 and 2020.139). This watercolor shows Marin's responsiveness to the season and vegetation of spring expressed through color and other hallmarks of his style, chiefly his great variety of marks, from bold dashes to transparent washes.
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380064
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West Point, near Small Point, Maine -- Spring
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380064
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West Point, near Small Point, Maine -- Spring
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One of America’s most important watercolorists, John Marin repeatedly challenged accepted ideas about what the medium could do, taking an improvisational approach to color, paint handling, perspective, and movement. This watercolor was made during Marin’s first summer in Maine, 1914, a place that would become central to his watercolor practice for years to come. Marin often returned to the same spot repeatedly, making watercolors each time in response to the light and weather of the moment. <em>West Point near Small Point Maine, Spring</em> is one of three watercolors in the CMA's collection made at the same spot (see 2020.138 and 2020.139). This watercolor shows Marin's responsiveness to the season and vegetation of spring expressed through color and other hallmarks of his style, chiefly his great variety of marks, from bold dashes to transparent washes.
date
1914
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Copyrighted
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Copyrighted
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en
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Q87481445
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Image and Sheet: 41.3 x 36 cm (16 1/4 x 14 3/16 in.)
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America
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2020.136
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Watercolor with traces of graphite on thick, rough-textured wove paper
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West Point, near Small Point, Maine -- Spring, 1914. John Marin (American, 1870–1953). Watercolor with traces of graphite on thick, rough-textured wove paper; image and sheet: 41.3 x 36 cm (16 1/4 x 14 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift, 2020.136. © Estate of John Marin / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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DR - American 20th Century
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Recto, lower right: "Marin 14"
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Imprinted in blue and black type on paper gallery label adhered to verso: "Artist John Marin/Title West Point/Medium W.C./The Downtow (remainder of label has been lost)"
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Written in pencil on verso: "7= (circled)"
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Written in pencil on verso: "#SR 14.90/16-1/4 x 14-1/8"
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Written in pencil on verso: "459= (circled)"
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Written in pencil on verso: "NBM 3/31/84"
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Written in pencil on verso: "#31712"
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Written in pencil on verso: "200"
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Written in pencil on verso: "1914 C"
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Written in pencil on verso: "Westpoint/Me./1914/SR 14.90 (in blue ink)"
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Written in pencil on verso: "JM"
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Written in pencil on verso: "HCC/ACC (scribbled out in pencil)"
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John Marin returned repeatedly to the site in Maine where he made this watercolor, each time portraying through color, paint handling, perspective, and movement his spontaneous experience of the place.
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citation
Fine, Ruth. "John Marin." In <em>The Keithley Collection at the Cleveland Museum of Art, </em>edited by Heather Lemonedes Brown, 152-161. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2022.
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Mentioned and reproduced: p. 152-161; Mentioned: p. 265-267
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Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift
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2026-06-11 12:17:40.727000
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380064
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Watercolor with traces of graphite on thick, rough-textured wove paper
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