Study for "Pêcheurs de la mer du Nord" (Study for "Fishermen of the North Sea")
c. 1893
Artist, American, 1857 - 1934
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Artwork overview
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Medium
charcoal, graphite, and colored pencil on laid paper
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Credit Line
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mrs. Eugene Vail, wife of the artist)
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Dimensions
sheet: 60.64 × 46.51 cm (23 7/8 × 18 5/16 in.)
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Accession
2015.19.566
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Mrs. Eugène Vail (wife of the artist), Providence, Rhode Island, 1934; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1948; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Bibliography
1983
Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 117, no. 771.
Inscriptions
lower right in charcoal: EV; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: [undeciphered]; lower center verso in graphite by unknown hand: Nous verre belle / cadu 1184 / 61 x 47 mm
Watermarks
MBM
Wikidata ID
Q64560755