Provenance

F. Stumpf, Paris; (Stumpf sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris 27 November 1894, no. 19, as Marine); purchased by (F. and J. Tempelaere, Paris).[1] Aimé Diot [d. 1896], Paris; (his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 8 March 1897, no. 35, as Falaises). Nicolas Auguste Hazard [1834-1913], Paris; (Hazard sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 3 December 1919, no. 91, as La Plage); purchased by Rosenthal, Paris; (Rosenthal sale, Paris, 9 May 1934, no. 67); purchased by Dr. George Viau [1855-1939], Paris; (his estate sale, part I, 11 December 1942, no. 81).[2] Baron Pellenc, Paris, in 1944. André Schoëller [1879-1955], Paris, in 1945.[3] Captain Edward H. Molyneux [1891-1974], Paris, by 1952;[4] sold 1955 to Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969], New York; bequest 1970 to NGA.

[1] Letter from Jean Dieterle, peintre-expert, dated 11 September 1970, in NGA curatorial files, gives Tempelaere as purchaser.

[2] According to press reports and an annotated sales catalogue, copy in NGA curatorial records, the picture sold for 560,000 francs to an unnamed purchaser.

[3] Pellenc and Schoeller per Dieterle letter cited in note 1. Schoeller acted as expert at the 1942 Viau sale.

[4] Exhibited in French Paintings from the Molyneux Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1952.

Associated Names

• Stumpf, F.
• Drouot, Hôtel
• Tempelaere, Gustave
• Diot, André
• Hazard, Nicolas Auguste
• Galerie Georges Petit
• Rosenthal
• Sale, Paris
• Viau, George, Dr.
• Pellenc, Baron
• Schoeller, André
• Molyneux, Edward H., Captain
• Bruce, Ailsa Mellon, Mrs.

Exhibition History

1952

• French Paintings from the Molyneux Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1952, unnumbered checklist, as Seascape -- Arromanches.

1956

• Hampton National Historic Site, Towson, MD, May - October 1956

1958

• Paintings from the Collection of Mrs. Mellon Bruce, Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, 1958, no. 26, as Seascape-Arromanches

1961

• French Paintings from the Collection of Mrs. Mellon Bruce, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, 1961, no. 14, repro., as Seascape-Arromanches

1978

• Small French Paintings from the Bequest of Ailsa Mellon Bruce. Exh. Cat. National Gallery of Art, 1978:4, repro. (continuing exhibition beginning in 1978)

1982

• Manet and Modern Paris, National Gallery of Art, 1982-1983, no. 58, repro.

1989

• Impressionisti della National Gallery of Art di Washington, Ala Napoleonica e Museo Correr, Venice; Palazzo Reale, Milan, 1989, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

Bibliography

1905

• Robaut, Alfred, and Etienne Moreau-Nélaton. L'Oeuvre de Corot. Catalogue raisonné et illustré. 5 vols. Paris, 1905: 3:270, no. 2076, repro., as Une plage avec des barques au loin sur la mer (Normandie)

1975

• European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 80, repro.

1978

• Small French Paintings from the Bequest of Ailsa Mellon Bruce. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978: 4, repro. (continuing exhibition beginning in 1978).

1985

• European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 99, repro.

2000

• Eitner, 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: 92-94, color repro.

Inscriptions

lower left: COROT

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