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Exhibition History"Water Works," Des Moines Art Center, May 5 - July 30, 2000

"The Kirsch Years 1936-1958," a testimonial exhibition assembled from the collections of the Des Moines Art Center and the University of Nebraska Art Galleries, Lincoln; Des Moines Art Center, Jan. 7 - Feb. 10, 1974; University of Nebraska Art Galleries, Lincoln, Feb. 25 - Mar. 31, 1974

"Six Decades of American Painting of the Twentieth Century," Des Moines Art Center, Feb. 10 - Mar. 12, 1961

"The Painting of Light," Des Moines Art Center, Mar. 3 - 27, 1960

"Art Day," Winterset, July 25, 1959

"Purchase Show," Des Moines Art Center, May 9 - June 2, 1957

"Seven American Watercolorists," Second International Art Exhibition, organized by the Museum of Modern Art, N.Y.; (circulated in Japan to: Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Fuquoka, Nagoya, Ube, Takamatsu, Saseho (exhibition concluded its tour in Honolulu, 1953))
Published ReferencesSheldon Reich, JOHN MARIN, A STYLISTIC ANALYSIS AND CATALOGUE RAISONNE, University of Arizona Press, 1970, two volumes: Part I, fig. 164, p. 194; Part II, fig. 36.23, p. 680

"The Painting of Light," Des Moines Art Center, 1960, exh. cat. no.58

DES MOINES ART CENTER: SELECTED PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES AND WORKS ON PAPER, Des Moines Art Center, 1985, ref. pp.147 & 148

"The Kirsch Years 1936 - 1958," Des Moines Art Center and the University of Nebraska Art Galleries, Lincoln, 1974, exh. cat. no.45

"Six Decades of American Painting of the Twentieth Century," Des Moines Art Center, 1961, exh. cat. no.88
DimensionsFrame: 26 1/2 × 32 1/2 in. (67.3 × 82.6 cm)
Sheet (/image): 15 1/2 × 20 1/2 in. (39.4 × 52.1 cm)
Accession Number 1957.9
Classificationswork on paper
CopyrightARS
SignedMarin 36 (l,r)
Catalogue raisonnéJOHN MARIN, A STYLISTIC ANALYSIS AND CATALOGUE RAISONNE, by Sheldon Reich, published by the University of Arizona Press, 1970 - two volumes: Part I, figure 164, p. 194 Part II, figure 36.23, p. 680
ProvenanceArtist. (Downtown Gallery, Inc., New York); Des Moines Art Center [purchased from the previous, 1957]
Outer Sand Island, Maine
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
John Edward Heliker
1944
Photo Credit: Richard Sanders, Des Moines
John Marin
1932
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
John Altoon
1966
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Marsden Hartley
1940
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
John Himmelfarb
1975-1979
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
John Koch
date unknown
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Edward John Stevens
1948
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
John Vassos
date unknown
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
John Buck
1988