Watercolor and charcoal on paper (laid down), signed and dated 1950 at lower right, matted but not framed.

Sight size 9 1/4 x 13 1/8 in.; Frame dimensions

Private Collection, Brooklyn, New York

A renowned watercolorist, John Marin did a series of watercolors in the late 1940s and 1950s of orchards. The composition of the present work is most closely associated with "Peach Trees in Blossom," no. 51.23 in John Marin: A Stylistic Analysis and Catalogue Raisonné by Sheldon Reich.

Laid down; toning and acid burn to sheet; damage to silk mat.

$3,000 - 6,000