A Cove with a Sailboat

Félix Ziem

Associated Names
Félix Ziem

Artist, French, 1821 - 1911

The image shows a distant cityscape with a central scene. The composition includes a body of water with a sailboat to the right. The drawing features simple and loose pencil or pen strokes in a quick, gestural style. The color palette is monochromatic, using neutral tones of the paper and dark ink or graphite. Above the horizon line, there are swift lines indicating clouds or distant birds in the sky.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink on heavy wove paper (invitation card)

  • Credit Line

    Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 9.4 x 13.9 cm (3 11/16 x 5 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2009.70.254

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Paul Prouté, S.A., Paris); Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York, 1989; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2012

  • Grasselli, Margaret M., and Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr., eds. The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished Collection of Drawings and Watercolors. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 2012: 176 (color).

Inscriptions

printed on the verso in black ink, with blanks filled in in brown ink: Monsieur & Madame Charles Cosson / prient Monsieur Ziem/[blank printed line]/ de leur faire l'honneur de venir diner chez / eux le mercredi 16 avril / 7 heures / 33, rue de Chateaudun; printed at lower left verso in black ink: Stern-Graveur; many doodles by Ziem in pen and ink around the margins, including the word "Monsieur" three times, and Granier-/Michel./Voiture/Benoit at right (sideways).

Markings

artist's atelier stamp in red, recto (Lugt 3707) and verso (Lugt 3708)

Wikidata ID

Q64561292

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