Downtown, the El, 1921

  • John Marin, American, 1870 - 1953
  • Alfred Stieglitz, American, 1864-1946

Etching printed in black ink on wove paper

  • Plate: 6 7/8 × 8 7/8 inches (17.5 × 22.5 cm) Sheet: 11 1/8 × 15 3/8 inches (28.3 × 39.1 cm)

Founders Society Purchase, Hal H. Smith Fund

49.275

Signed in plate, lower right: Marin In pencil, lower left: John Marin

Watermark: J WHAT(MAN) HAND MADE

Inscribed in pencil, lower left: (1-30) Dated, lower right: 21

1949-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

John Marin, Downtown, the El, 1921, etching printed in black ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Hal H. Smith Fund, 49.275.