Study for "Pêcheurs de la mer du Nord" (Study for "Fishermen of the North Sea")

c. 1893

Eugène Vail

Associated Names
Eugène Vail

Artist, American, 1857 - 1934

The image depicts a person in a three-quarters view position, balancing a round object on their head with both hands. The person has short, dark hair, basic facial features, and is wearing a loose-fitting long-sleeved shirt, pants, and boots. In the background, there is a lightly sketched second figure to the left and a gridded drawing paper marked with blue lines.

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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

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