Circus Elephants by John Marin
Art Institute of Chicago

Circus Elephants

John Marin · 1941

Provenance

Ownership history

  1. Alfred Stieglitz (1864–1946), New York; Stieglitz Estate (Georgia O'Keeffe (1887–1986), executor); given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1949.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Exhibition history

  • New York, An American Place, "Pertaining to New York: Circus and Pink Ladies," Mar. 21-Apr. 12, 1942, cat. 10.
  • Boston, Institute of Modern Art, "John Marin," 1947, cat. 74 (ill.); also Washington, D.C., Phillips Collection, and Minneapolis, Walker Art Center.
  • Los Angeles, University of Callifornia, Los Angeles Art Galleries, "John Marin: Memorial Exhibition," 1955-1956, cat. 58 (ill.); traveled.
  • London, Arts Council of Greeat Britain, "John Marin," Sept. 22-Oct. 20, 1956, cat. 80 (ill.).
  • Tucson, Ariz., University of Arizona, Art Gallery, "John Marin, 1870-1953," Feb. 9-Mar. 10, 1963, cat. 68.
  • Sarasota, John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, "The Circus in Art," Jan. 20-Mar. 6, 1976.
  • Art Institute of Chicago, "John Marin's Watercolors: A Medium for Modernism," Jan. 19-Apr. 17, 2011, pp. 172-74, pl. 87; traveled to the High Museum, Atlanta, June 26-Sept. 11, 2011.

Literature

Published references

  • Sheldon Reich, John Marin, Part II: Catalogue Raisonné (Tucson, Ariz., 1970), p. 714, no. 41.10 (ill).

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