Fishing Boats at Granville

Provenance

Estate of the artist [Lugt 2436]; possibly sold, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, April 29, 1868, lot 144. Lucien Guiraud (died 1954) [according to dealer invoice in curatorial file]. Sold by Hector Brame, Paris, to the Art Institute, 1969.

Fishing Boats at Granville

Théodore Rousseau

c. 1851–52

Accession Number

31648

Medium

Black crayon and graphite, with stumping, and touches of scraping, over traces of red chalk, on off-white laid paper

Dimensions

31.4 × 48 cm (12 3/8 × 18 15/16 in.)

Classification

charcoal

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection