Art, literature & historyStudy for the Red Sun, Brooklyn Bridge
1922/24
- Dating
- Date range
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Graphite with erasing on ivory wove paper
- Dimensions
- 11.3 × 14 cm (4 1/2 × 5 9/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 2011.38
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
Study for the Red Sun, Brooklyn Bridge — John Marin. 1922/24.
Medium: Graphite with erasing on ivory wove paper. Dimensions: 11.3 × 14 cm (4 1/2 × 5 9/16 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Marin drew incessantly throughout his career, filling many sketchbooks and continuously exploring the interconnection between drawing and watercolor. The gift of this small but very complete graphite drawing sheds new light on the iconic 1922 watercolor The Red Sun, Brooklyn Bridge . Probably a preparatory study, but possibly a closely related reprise, the drawing offers details of the scene that are abstracted and obscured in the finished watercolor itself.
Description: © Art Institute of Chicago, original record, CC BY 4.0. HTML formatting removed; wording retained. Other artwork metadata: CC0.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.