Artist Monograph

John Marin, American

American, 1870–1953

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Etching	20	80%
Watercolor	4	16%
Gouache	1	4%

Production by Decade

1900s

1910s

1920s

1930s

1940s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	17	70.8%
Medium (30–100 cm)	7	29.2%

Range: 17.7 cm → 68.3 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1934	1
1936	1
1940	11
1945	1
1955	5
1958	4
1975	1
1981	1

Currently On View

"MoMA, Floor 5, 509" — 1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 25 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Canal, Amsterdam Print Acc. 1227.1940	1906	Etching	plate: 6 15/16 x 5 1/16" (17.7 x 12.9 cm); sheet: 13 7/16 x 11 5/8" (34.2 x 29.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Portal of St. Mark's, Venice Print Acc. 1228.1940	1907	Etching	plate: 8 15/16 x 6 11/16" (22.7 x 17 cm); sheet: 10 9/16 x 8 1/8" (26.8 x 20.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Chartres Cathedral Print Acc. 1229.1940	1910	Etching	plate: 11 5/16 x 9 7/16" (28.7 x 23.9 cm); sheet: 15 9/16 x 11 9/16" (39.5 x 29.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Brooklyn Bridge Print Acc. 1230.1940	1913	Etching	plate: 6 7/8 x 8 7/8" (17.4 x 22.5 cm); sheet: 12 11/16 x 15 3/8" (32.3 x 39.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Brooklyn Bridge Print Acc. 328.1958	1913	Etching	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mrs. Bertram Smith Fund
Brooklyn Bridge (Mosaic) Print Acc. 1231.1940	1913	Etching and drypoint	plate: 11 1/4 x 8 7/8" (28.6 x 22.5 cm); sheet: 14 3/8 x 12" (36.6 x 30.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Brooklyn Bridge No. 2 Print Acc. 83.1955	1913	Etching	plate: 10 13/16 x 8 7/8" (27.5 x 22.6 cm); sheet: 12 1/2 x 10 1/16" (31.8 x 25.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Brooklyn Bridge, No. 6 Print Acc. 85.1955	1913	Etching	plate: 10 3/4 x 8 7/8" (27.3 x 22.5 cm); sheet: 16 15/16 x 13 11/16" (43.1 x 34.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Woolworth Building (The Dance) Print Acc. 84.1955	1913	Etching and drypoint	composition: 10 7/8 x 8 7/16" (27.7 x 21.4 cm); plate: 13 x 10 5/8" (33 x 27 cm); sheet: 16 9/16 x 13 3/4" (42 x 35 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Woolworth Building No. 2 Print Acc. 1237.1940	1913	Etching and drypoint	plate: 12 13/16 x 10 7/16" (32.5 x 26.5 cm); sheet: 16 5/16 x 12 11/16" (41.5 x 32.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Brooklyn Bridge from Brooklyn (The Sun) Print Acc. 86.1955	1915	Etching	plate: 10 13/16 x 12 7/8" (27.5 x 32.6 cm); sheet: 13 1/2 x 19 1/16" (34.2 x 48.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Grain Elevator, Weehawken Print Acc. 139.1975	1915	Etching	plate: 11 1/8 x 8 7/8" (28.3 x 22.6 cm); sheet: 15 1/2 x 13 11/16" (39.4 x 34.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Given anonymously
Lower Manhattan Drawing Acc. 104.1958	1920	Watercolor and charcoal on paper	21 7/8 x 26 3/4" (55.4 x 68 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Philip L. Goodwin Collection
Downtown, The El Print Acc. 1232.1940	1921	Etching	plate: 6 7/8 x 8 13/16" (17.5 x 22.4 cm); sheet: 11 1/4 x 15 1/2" (28.5 x 39.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Camden Mountain across the Bay Drawing Acc. 16.1936	1922	Watercolor on paper	17 1/4 x 20 1/2" (43.8 x 52.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller (by exchange)
Lower Manhattan (Composing Derived from Top of Woolworth) Drawing Acc. 143.1945	1922	Gouache and charcoal with paper cut-out attached with thread on paper	21 5/8 x 26 7/8" (54.5 x 67.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest (by exchange)
Nassau Street, Looking South Print Acc. 330.1958	1924	Etching	sheet: 8 7/8 x 7 3/4" (22.6 x 19.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mrs. Bertram Smith Fund
River Movement Print Acc. 87.1955	1925	Etching	plate: 7 11/16 x 9 9/16" (19.6 x 24.3 cm); sheet: 11 1/8 x 15 1/4" (28.2 x 38.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Skyscrapers in Construction, No. 1 Print Acc. 1234.1940	1930	Etching	plate: 9 15/16 x 6 13/16" (25.3 x 17.3 cm); sheet: 15 1/16 x 11" (38.2 x 27.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
St. Paul's Against the El Print Acc. 1233.1940	1930	Etching	plate: 9 5/8 x 6 13/16" (24.5 x 17.3 cm); sheet: 15 x 11 1/8" (38.1 x 28.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Approach to the Bridge Print Acc. 1236.1940	1931	Etching	plate: 6 7/8 x 9 3/4" (17.4 x 24.7 cm); sheet: 11 3/16 x 15 1/16" (28.4 x 38.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Buoy, Maine Drawing Acc. 170.1934	1931	Watercolor on paper	14 3/4 x 19 1/4" (37.5 x 48.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Philip L. Goodwin
Lower Manhattan from the Bridge Print Acc. 1235.1940	1931	Etching	composition: 6 3/4 x 9 5/8" (17.2 x 24.5 cm); sheet: 11 x 14 15/16" (28 x 38 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Movement: Sky and Grey Sea Drawing Acc. 445.1981	1941	Watercolor, charcoal, and pencil on paper	15 1/8 x 20 7/8" (38.6 x 53 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund (by exchange)
Brooklyn Bridge – on the Bridge, No. 2 Print Acc. 332.1958	1944	Etching	plate: 6 7/16 x 7 11/16" (16.4 x 19.5 cm); sheet: 7 9/16 x 10 1/16" (19.2 x 25.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mrs. Bertram Smith Fund