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Fishing Boats on the Beach at Étretat

August 1865

Léon Augustin Lhermitte

(French, 1844–1925)

France, 19th century

Charcoal (stumped)

Support: Cream(1) laid pape, slightly discolored to yellow-cream

Sheet: 28.4 x 49.1 cm (11 3/16 x 19 5/16 in.)

Gift of Barbara Greenough Bradley in memory of her mother, Emery Holden Greenough 1970.332

Catalogue raisonné: Le Pelley Fonteny 25

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

signed, lower left, in black charcoal: L. Lhermitte

Provenance
after 1865-1868
M. Ferré
?-?
(Heim Gallery, London, sold to Barbara Greenough Bradley)
?-1970
Barbara Greenough Bradley, Boston, MA, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
1970-
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Citations
Hamel, Mary Michele. Léon Lhermitte. Exh. Cat. Oshkosh, WI: Paine Art Center & Arboretum, 1974. Mentioned: p. 35, no. 5; Reproduced: p. 45
Le Pelley, Conteny, Monique. Léon Augustin Lhermitte (1844-1925): Catalogue Raisonné. Paris: Éditions Cercle d'Art, 1991. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 317, no. 25
Exhibition history

Drawing: A Line of Departure. Wasmer Gallery, Ursuline College, Pepper Pike, OH (October 12 - December 15, 1985); Kenneth C. Beck Center, Lakewood, OH (September 7 - November 3, 1986).

Léon Lhermitte. Paine Art Center & Arboretum, Oshkosh, WI (September 21 - November 10, 1974).

Year in Review: 1970. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-March 7, 1971).

Léon Lhermitte. Paine Art Center and Gardens, Oshkosh, WI (organizer) (September 21-November 10, 1974).

The Impressionist Aesthetic. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 10-October 31, 1982).

French Drawings from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 13, 1994-March 12, 1995).

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