About the Object
In this New York cityscape, the bright yellow sun illuminates the canyon between the skyscrapers. The grey street fills the foreground, rushing back into the stacked-up buildings. Off to the left, Marin sketched out, but did not fully realize, two figures. These “ghost” figures also appear in Dance of the Pueblo Indians, 1929 (VF2014.02.01), also in the Collection.
Additional Information
Marin is best known for his abstracted landscapes of New York City and his seascapes of the Maine coast. Though perhaps better known as a watercolorist, he began working more with oils in the 1930s, as Yellow Sun, New York City illustrates.
The Artist;
Estate of the Artist;
[Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, New York, NY];
[Kennedy Galleries, New York, NY];
Private Collection, c. 1975;
[Sotheby’s, New York, NY, November 18, 2015, lot 69];
[The Owings Gallery, Santa Fe, NM];
Addison, ME. Cape Split Place. John Marin: The Etchings and Related Oils, Drawings and Watercolors. August-October 1980, cat. no. 63.
Reich, Sheldon. John Marin: Catalogue Raisonne: Part II. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1970, cat. no. 34.35, p. 666, ill.
Baur, John I. H. “John Marin’s ‘warring, pushing, pulling’ New York,” ARTnews, November 1981, v 80, p 106-110.
Private Collection. Sotheby’s, New York. American Art. November 18, 2015, sale N09425, lot 69.
