1942.43 John Marin, Downtown New York or Park Row


GENERAL DESCRIPTION  
New York City was a primary subject of Marin’s for many years. In 1912 he described his New York watercolors by saying: “While these powers are at work, pushing, pulling, sideways, downwards, upwards, I can hear the sound of their strife and there is great music being played. And so I try to express graphically what a great city is doing.” Marin’s images of New York City are full of dynamism and spontaneity, even with their usual absence of figures. 

Adapted from
William Keyse Rudolph, DMA label copy, 2005.

NOTES
Created 1921

July 2005

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Place of origin and Depicted location: New York (New York/United States): TGN: 7007567

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Drypoint

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PROVENANCE 
From 1942: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, gift of Mrs. A. E. Zonne. [1]

[1]  The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.

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FUN FACTS
  • Marin began etching on a trip to London in 1905 and continued to work in the medium throughout his life.

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General Description
 
New York City was a primary subject of Marin’s for many years. In 1912 he described his New York watercolors by saying: “While these powers are at work, pushing, pulling, sideways, downwards, upwards, I can hear the sound of their strife and there is great music being played. And so I try to express graphically what a great city is doing.” Marin’s images of New York City are full of dynamism and spontaneity, even with their usual absence of figures. 

Adapted from
William Keyse Rudolph, DMA label copy, 2005.

Fun Facts
  • Marin began etching on a trip to London in 1905 and continued to work in the medium throughout his life.

Archival Resources

Web Resources
 
Notes
Created 1921

July 2005

Catalogue essays

Artist/designers

Cultures

Geography 
Place of origin and Depicted location: New York (New York/United States): TGN: 7007567

Process/materials
Drypoint

Historical periods

Individuals

Subject terms

RELATED OBJECTS 

PROVENANCE 
From 1942: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, gift of Mrs. A. E. Zonne. [1]

[1]  The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.

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human figures: AAT: 300404114
lines (geometric concept): AAT: 300056279
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works on paper: AAT: 300189621
New York (New York/United States): TGN: 7007567
cities: AAT: 300008389
buildings (structures): AAT: 300004792
tracks (transit system elements): AAT: 300248196
skyscrapers: AAT: 300004809
drypoint (printing process): AAT: 300053228
Marin_John: ULAN: 500115368
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