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Summary:
Four page autograph manuscript draft enclosed in a hardback folio. Written in free verse by John Marin for the foreword to the monograph John Marin by MacKinley Helm. Marin muses on the subject of health and refers to himself repeatedly as "this critter myself."
Citation:
John Marin autograph manuscript, 1948. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Biography Note:
John Marin (1870-1953) was a painter, engraver, and watercolorist in Paris, France and Cliffside, N.J.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Donated 2011 by Peter S. Michaels who purchased the manuscript from a bookseller.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
