John Marin 1870-1953

Estate of the artist
The Downtown Gallery, New York
Kennedy Galleries, New York
Acquired by the present owner's parents from the above, 1980

New York, An American Place, John Marin, December 1941-January 1942, no. 7 (as Two's Company, Three's a Crowd)
San Francisco, De Young Memorial Museum; Santa Barbara, California, Santa Barbara Museum; Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, John Marin, 1949, no. 7 (possibly, as Waiting)
New York, An American Place, John Marin Oils 1903-1950, March-May 1950, no. 14 (possibly, as Waiting)
New York, American Academy of Arts and Letters, John Marin, January-February 1953, no. 11 (possibly, as Waiting)

Sheldon Reich, John Marin: A Stylistic Analysis and Catalogue Raisonné, vol. II, Tucson, Arizona, 1970, no. 41.41, p. 719, illustrated (and possibly as no. 41.42, Waiting, p. 720)

Very good condition, unlined. Under UV: minor retouches to edges to address frame abrasion.
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