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Seaweed Gatherers, Yport

Seaweed Gatherers, Yport

c. 1889
(French, 1851–1934)
France, 19th century
black chalk
Sheet: 29.2 x 22.7 cm (11 1/2 x 8 15/16 in.); Framed: 57.2 x 49.8 x 4.5 cm (22 1/2 x 19 5/8 x 1 3/4 in.)
Gift from Samuel and Paul Josefowitz in tribute to Jane Glaubinger and Heather Lemonedes 2009.380
Catalogue raisonné: Grossvogel 450
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

This drawing is one of numerous depictions of seaweed gatherers that Claude-Emile Schuffenecker created throughout his career in various media.

Description

Claude-Emile Schuffenecker worked closely with Paul Gauguin to form Synthetism, a style of art that broke from Impressionism in favor of flat planes of bold color and invented subjects. This drawing, which exists in two versions, is one of Schuffenecker’s most important works from the period. The other interpretation (owned by the Art Institute of Chicago) was featured in an influential 1889 exhibition organized by Gauguin and Schuffenecker at the Café Volpini on the grounds of the Universal Exposition. Both artists saw imagery of seaweed gatherers—a task undertaken by working-class people in rural French coastal towns—as exemplifying the simplicity they sought in their art.
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    Paul Schuffenecker, Paris
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    M. Bruyère, Namur, France
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    M. Jean Willems, Brussels
    by 1989-1990
    (Shepherd Gallery, New York, NY)
    1990-?
    (Paul Prouté, Paris)
    after 1990-2009
    Samuel Josefowitz, Lausanne, Switzerland, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
    2000-
    Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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  • {{cite web|title=Seaweed Gatherers, Yport|url=false|author=Claude-Emile Schuffenecker|year=c. 1889|access-date=19 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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