Road in foreground; green foliage in midground; red house in background.

Roadside in Maine

John Marin

1923

  • Titles Road Side, Deer Isle (Alternate)
  • Artist John Marin, American, 1870 - 1953
  • Medium watercolor on paper
  • Dimensions 12 3/4 x 15 1/4 in. (32.4 x 38.7 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Dr. Merrill N. Bradley and Mrs. J. Reese Murray, AFI.4.2006, image © 2018 Estate of John Marin / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
  • Work Type watercolor
  • Classification Paintings

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