John Marin

The artist
Estate of the above, 1953
Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above, circa 1986

New York, An American Place, John Marin: 50 New Water Colors During January 1930, January 1930, no. 38 (as House and Barn)

Sheldon Reich, John Marin: Catalogue Raisonné, vol. II, Tucson, Arizona, 1970, no. 28.17, p. 590

In a poetic letter written to Alfred Stieglitz, John Marin described his intentions for his Stonington watercolors from the summer of 1928: "I would be home, at home, in this place, these places my homes, all together my home. My loves, my home. If I am able to snare a bit of this in what I do, that's it. My best thoughts to O'Keeffe and you" (Stonington, Maine, Sunday, August 2, 1928, as quoted in Dorothy Norman, ed., The Selected Writings of John Marin, New York, 1949 pp. 117-119).