Birth of a Sailboat

Birth of a Sailboat

Marcel JeanWW-1946-M069821
1946·Oil on canvas·19 1/2 x 28 1/2" (49.5 x 72.2 cm)

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Year
1946
Dimensions
19 1/2 x 28 1/2" (49.5 x 72.2 cm)

Artist

Marcel Jean
Marcel Jean

Printmaking

Marcel Jean was a French sculptor and painter active from the early twentieth century through the postwar period. Working primarily in bronze and wood, he developed a formal language that moved between figurative and abstract vocabularies, often incorporating surrealist compositional strategies. His work remained rooted in material experimentation and spatial construction rather than narrative content.

Paris, France

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Year
1946
Dimensions
19 1/2 x 28 1/2" (49.5 x 72.2 cm)
Watts ID
WW-1946-M069821

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Source
moma
Status
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Artist

Marcel Jean

Marcel Jean

Printmaking

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