I want to acknowledge my indebtedness to the
following: to Alfred Stieglitz who at con-
siderable inconvenience to himself made it
possible for me to see all the "Marins" at an
American Place and for supplying the bulk
of my illustrative material; to my wife for the
fine editorial job that she did with the text of
this book and for making valuable, critical
suggestions for its improvement; to Duncan
Phillips and the Columbus Gallery of Fine Art
for their generous gift of photographs; and
to the latter again as well as to Raymond &
Raymond for permission to reproduce from
their color plates; to Robert Josephy who is
responsible for the typographical appearance
of this book I am, of course, especially grate-
ful; as I am also to The American Magazine
of Art for permission to use material that
originally appeared in this publication. I want
also to thank John Marin for contributing the
jacket design, but particularly for not looking
exasperated while I bombarded him merci-
lessly with questions of fact. For these ravages
on his time and temper I hope he has forgiven
me.

E. M. B.

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