PROPERTY FROM THE CLAIRE AND GARRICK STEPHENSON COLLECTION

John Marin (1870-1953)
The Coast
signed and dated 'Marin 14' (lower right)
watercolor and pencil on paper
15 ½ x 18 ½ in. (39.3 x 46.9 cm.)
Executed in 1914.

PROVENANCE
Ferdinand Howald, Columbus, Ohio.
Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Columbus, Ohio, bequest from the above, 1931.
Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York.
Eaton Fine Art, Inc., West Palm Beach, Florida.
Acquired by the late owners from the above, 1999.

EXHIBITED
Miami, Florida, University of Miami Art Gallery, John Marin, October 2-23, 1951, no. 6.
American Federation of Arts, Adventures in Collecting, travelling exhibition, October 1958-October 1960.
Tucson, Arizona, University of Arizona Art Gallery, John Marin, February 9-March 10, 1963, no. 10.
West Palm Beach, Florida, Eaton Fine Art, Inc., Expression and Meaning: The Marine Paintings of John Marin, January 8-March 6, 1999.

LITERATURE
S. Reich, John Marin: A Stylistic Analysis and Catalogue Raisonné, vol. II, Tucson, Arizona, 1970, p. 399, no. 14.68, illustrated.