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image of Beach in Normandy
Gustave Courbet (artist)
French, 1819 - 1877
Beach in Normandy, c. 1872/1875
oil on canvas
Overall: 61.3 x 90.2 cm (24 1/8 x 35 1/2 in.) framed: 87.9 x 116.2 cm (34 5/8 x 45 3/4 in.)
Chester Dale Collection
1963.10.10
From the Tour: Romantics and Realists
Object 7 of 7

1965Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Paintings & Sculpture of the French School in the Chester Dale Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 52, repro., as Beach at Etretat.
1965Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 33, as Beach at Etretat.
1966Cairns, Huntington and John Walker, eds., A Pageant of Painting from the National Gallery of Art. 2 vols. New York, 1966: 2:420, color repro., as Beach at Étretat.
1968European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1968: 26, repro.
1975European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 82, repro.
1975Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. New York, 1975: 449, no. 654, repro.
1977Werner, A. "The Two Souls of Gustave Courbet." Art and Artists 12, no. 3 (June 1977): 4-9, repro. p. 7, no. 3, as Beach at Etretat.
1977Fernier, Robert. La Vie et l'oeuvre de Gustave Courbet, catalogue raisonné. Peintures, 1866-1877, dessins, sculptures. Paris, 1978: 98, no. 725, as Retour de pêche.
1984Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. (rev. ed.) New York, 1984: 445, no. 642, color repro.
1985Courthion, Pierre. L'opera completa di Courbet. Milan, 1985: no. 699, repro.
1985European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 102, repro.
2000Eitner, Lorenz. French Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part I: Before Impressionism. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 2000: 142-145, color repro.

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