Tuesday, November 25, 2014

JOHN MARIN at AUCTION

John Marin grew up with his maternal grandparents in Weehawken, New Jersey. From his early years, Marin showed a great love for the outdoors that he later expressed in his art. As a young man Marin worked as a draftsman in several architectural firms before enrolling at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1899. The following year he won a prize for outdoor sketches of wild fowl and riverboats. Marin's professional career dates from around 1905 when he traveled to Europe, a journey then considered essential to the training of American artists with high aspirations.
Landscape remained Marin's primary interest throughout his life, and his name is often connected with the state of Maine, where, after 1914, he usually worked for part of the year. His paintings of Maine vary from woodland landscapes to misty views of picturesque towns to seascapes, which became an increasingly important motif over the years.
Despite his strong association with Maine, Marin's travels extended far beyond that state. He painted delicate landscapes during his early years in Europe, and also worked in New England and around Taos, New Mexico. New York City and the Hudson River Valley also inspired many of the artist's works. From the early 1930s, the circus captivated Marin's attention; he filled sketchbooks with abbreviated notations that stand for ringmasters, trapeze artists, lions, elephants, and the surrounding audience.
Marin's close ties with the photographer Alfred Stieglitz and those in his circle kept him in contact with the foremost modernist thinkers of the time. His acclaim during his long career surpassed that of any of his contemporaries, and he showed his works in solo exhibitions virtually every year from 1910 until his death in 1953.

Bonhams May 31, 2014





Sotheby’s May 17 2012




Estimate   30,000 — 50,000
Lot Sold   25,000




Estimate   8,000 — 12,000
Lot Sold   6,250



Estimate   6,000 — 9,000

Lot Sold   5,625

Swann 2007






  • JOHN MARIN 
    Untitled (Figures Downtown, New York City)
    Estimate $4,000 - $6,000
    Price Realized (with Buyer's Premium) $6,960

Swann 2006



  • JOHN MARIN 
    Nassau Street
    Estimate $5,000 - $8,000
    Price Realized (with Buyer's Premium) $6,210

Swann 2005



  • JOHN MARIN 
    Sea Fantasy
    Estimate $2,000 - $3,000
    Price Realized (with Buyer's Premium) $5,980



  • JOHN MARIN 
    The Lobster Fisherman
    Estimate $1,200 - $1,800
    Price Realized (with Buyer's Premium) $2,990


Swann 2003



JOHN MARIN 
Untitled (New York Movement #1).
Estimate $4,000 - $6,000
Price Realized (with Buyer's Premium) $5,980

Christie's 2015

 




 

Christie's 2013




Brooklyn Bridge and City Skyline: A Double-Sided Work











JOHN MARIN (1870-1953)

DOCKS, BOAT, AND CITY SKYLINE

Estimate $40,000 - $60,000 Price Realized $40,000 








Maine Sea with Island
PRICE REALIZED

$665,000



Christie's 2012







PR.$68,500

Christie's 2011










 

Pr.$23,750




Pr.$68,500







 
  
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Christie's 2009






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Christie's 2006







Christie's 2005





Christie's 2002




Christie's 2000






More Christie's





Seascape, Maine
PRICE REALIZED
$293,000



Side Slope of Taos Range, New Mexico
PRICE REALIZED
$161,000





New Mexico Landscape
PRICE REALIZED
$99,750



Small Point, Maine
PRICE REALIZED
$79,000




Lake Champlain No 2
PRICE REALIZED
$72,100







 



Sunset Rockland County
PRICE REALIZED
$68,500



Small Point, Maine
PRICE REALIZED
$68,500



New York Stock Exchange
PRICE REALIZED
$68,500



Weehawken Sequence
PRICE REALIZED
$62,500











Pr.$51,400

















JOHN MARIN (1870-1953)
HILLS 
Price Realized $27,500 






 




JOHN MARIN (1870-1953)
THE CIRCUS
Price Realized $6,672





JOHN MARIN (1870-1953)

PERTAINING TO THE SEA, CAPE SPLIT, MAINE

Estimate $25,000 - $35,000 Price Realized $35,000 




JOHN MARIN (1870-1953)

SEA AND SAIL, CAPE SPLIT, MAINE

Estimate $30,000 - $50,000 Price Realized $45,600 




JOHN MARIN (1870-1953)

BUILDINGS, DOWNTOWN NEW YORK

Estimate $200,000 - $300,000 Price Realized $312,000 



JOHN MARIN (1870-1953)

CIRCUS CLOWN

Estimate $40,000 - $60,000 Price Realized $66,000 



JOHN MARIN (1870-1953)

VERMONT COUNTRY, AUTUMN

Estimate $15,000 - $25,000 Price Realized $57,600 



JOHN MARIN (1872-1953)

DOWNTOWN, THE EL (ZIGROSSER 134)

Estimate $2,000 - $3,000 Price Realized 2,000 



JOHN MARIN (1870-1953)

NEAR CLOSTER, NEW JERSEY

Estimate $20,000 - $30,000 Price Realized $43,750 




JOHN MARIN (AMERICAN, 1870-1953)

CITYSCAPE

Estimate $4,000 - $6,000 Price Realized $10,800 



JOHN MARIN (1870-1953)

CASTORLAND LANDSCAPE

Estimate $15,000 - $25,000 Price Realized $27,400 


Skinner 2013





John Marin (American, 1870-1953) 

Hilltop, Autumn, Maine

Sold for: $54,000


  • John Marin (1870–1953)
    Lake Champlain No. 2, 1931
    Watercolor and pencil on paper
    16½ x 19 15/16 inches
    Signed and dated lower right: Marin 31
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    • John Marin (1870–1953)
      New York Series: From Weehawken Heights, 1950
      Oil on canvas
      22 1/16 x 28⅛ inches
      Signed and dated lower right: Marin 50; inscribed on verso: 28 x 22 / WEEHAWKEN
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    • John Marin (1870–1953)
      Apple Blossoms, Saddle River, New Jersey, 1952
      Oil on canvas
      22⅛ x 28 1/16 inches
      Signed and dated lower right: Marin / 52.