Return of the Boats

1903

Maxime Maufra

Associated Names
Maxime Maufra

Artist, French, 1861 - 1918

The image shows sailboats with dark sails on the water. The horizon is visible, with boats meeting the sky. The color palette is monochrome in shades of tan and brown. The water has swirling lines, while the sky has abstract cloud formations.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 10.9 x 13.9 cm (4 5/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 19.6 x 26 cm (7 11/16 x 10 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.157.30

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Morane, no. 38

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(R.E. Lewis, Inc., San Rafael, CA); Ruth Cole Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased April 2, 1987; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1986

  • Morane, Daniel. Maxime Maufra, 1861 - 1918: catalogue de l'oeuvre gravé. Pont-Aven, 1986.

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, in image, at lower right: Maufra 1903; by later hand, lower right in ink: Maufra; verso: by later hand, lower left, in graphite: 22113 (crossed out) / 23321

Wikidata ID

Q76348682

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