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John Marin's watercolors : a medium for modernism

by John Marin, Martha Tedeschi, Kristi Dahm, Ruth Fine, Charles Pietraszewski, Christine Conniff-O'Shea

This volume presents the Art Institute of Chicago's complete collection of John Marin's watercolours. Organised chronologically by location, the book explores his working methods, modernist vision, and custom frames and mounts.

Accession 17790 ISBN 9780300166378 Publisher Art Institute of Chicago
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