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Boats at Berck-sur-Mer

Boats at Berck-sur-Mer

1873
(French, 1832–1883)
Framed: 52.5 x 74 x 7 cm (20 11/16 x 29 1/8 x 2 3/4 in.); Unframed: 34 x 55.8 cm (13 3/8 x 21 15/16 in.)
Location: not on view

Description

Ever since his childhood, Manet spent almost every summer at the seashore. At age 16, after failing the entrance exam for the naval academy, he embarked as an apprentice on a training ship, traveling as far away as Rio de Janeiro. The sea would always capture his imagination, and in 1864 he painted several seascapes. This painting was made nearly ten years later, while the artist was staying in Berck-sur-Mer, near Boulogne. Exploring light and movement, he rapidly sketched the sails of the countless ships that dance in the wind on blue-green waves highlighted with white. Manet even added a slight curve to the horizon, thus conveying an impression of infinite space, despite the painting's small size.
  • Portier, Paris. Eugène Blot, Paris. Bernheim Jeune, Paris. Auguste Pellerin, Paris by 1910. Baron Denys Cochin. His sale, Paris, Georges Petit, 26 March 1919 (lot 17), to Léon Payen, Paris, for ff 30,000. Ralph M. Coe, Cleveland. Purchased by the Cleveland Museum of Art in November 1940.
  • The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 172 archive.org
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    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 213 archive.org
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    Finckh, Gerhard. Edouard Manet. Wuppertal, Germany : Von der Heydt-Museum, 2017.
  • Edouard Manet. Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal, Germany (organizer) (October 24, 2017-February 25, 2018).
    Manet and the Sea. The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (organizer) (October 19, 2003-January 4, 2004); Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA (February 8-May 9, 2004); Van Gogh Museum, 1070 AJ Amsterdam, Netherlands (June 18-October 10, 2004).
    Manet and the Civil War. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (June 3-August 17, 2003).
    Paris, Bernheim-Jeune. Manet: Trente-cinq tableaux de la Collection Pellerin (1910), no. 3, Marine, période 1873-1874, no. 164 du catalogue Duret.
    cma. French Paintings of the Later XIX th Century (1921), no cat., lent by Ralph M. Coe.
    Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute; cma, Exhibition of Paintings-Édouard Manet, Pierre Renoir, Berthe Morisot (1924-25), no. 18, lent by Mr. and Mrs. Ralph M. Coe.
    cma. Catalogue of the Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition of the Cleveland Museum of Art (1936), no. 287.
    Art Institute of Zanesville (Ohio). French Paintings (1944), no cat.
    Coral Gables, Lowe Art Gallery of the University of Miami; Athens, University of Georgia. French Exhibition (1952), no cat.
    Dallas Museum for Contemporary Arts. Impressionists and Their Forebears from Barbizon (1961), no. 44, 16 (repr.).
    Philadelphia Museum of Art; Art Institute of Chicago. Édouard Manet (1966-67), no. 119 (repr.).
    Tulsa, Oklahoma, Philbrook Art Center. French and American Impressionism (1967), no. 5.
    Metropolitan Musuem of Art (6/3/2003 - 8/17/2003): "Manet and the Civil War"
    Art Institute of Chicago (10/19/2003 - 1/4/2004); Philadelphia Museum of Art (2/8/2004 - 5/9/2004); Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (6/18/2004 - 9/26/2004): "Manet and the Sea" exh. cat. no. 38, p. 127.
    Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal, Germany (10/24/2017 - 2/25/2018): "Edward Manet"
    Impressionism: French and American. Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK (organizer) (October 2-November 26, 1967).
    Édouard Manet. Philadelphia Museum of Art (organizer) (November 3-December 11, 1966); The Art Institute of Chicago (January 13-February 19, 1967).
    Impressionists and their Forebears from Barbizon. Dallas Museum for Contemporary Arts, Dallas, TX (organizer) (March 8-April 2, 1961).
    19th and 20th Century French Art and Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Loans. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 22-September 1, 1943).
    French Drawings and Watercolors from French Public and Private Collections. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (January 6-February 15, 1942).
    The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).
    The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 26-October 4, 1936).
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