Boats on a Beach, Etretat, c. 1872/1875

Inscription

lower right: G. Courbet

Provenance

Private collection, London. (Rosenberg & Helft Galleries, London), by 1938.[1] (Paul Rosenberg and Co., New York), by 1943;[2] sold 10 June 1946 to Marie N. Harriman [1903-1970] and W. Averell Harriman [1891-1986], New York;[3] The W. Averell Harriman Foundation, New York; gift 1972 to NGA.

Exhibition History

1938

Exposition Courbet, Rosenberg & Helft Galleries, London, 1938, no. 16, repro., as Bateaux devant la falaise

1938

London, La Flèche d'Or, 1938

1938

Ten French Painters of the 19th Century, Rosenberg & Helft Galleries, London, 1938, no. 7, as Bateaux devant la falaise

1943

Exhibition of French Painting of the Nineteenth Century and French and American Painting of the Twentieth Century, Paul Rosenberg and Co., New York, 1943, no. 2

1954

Benefit for the North Shore Hospital, Country Art Gallery, Westbury, Long Island, 1954, unnumbered checklist.

1956

Loan Exhibition of Paintings by Gustave Courbet, Paul Rosenberg and Co., New York, 1956, no. 11, repro.

1959

Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionist Painting, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1959, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

1961

Exhibition of the Marie and Averell Harriman Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1961, unnumbered catalogue, repro. 10

1961

Treasures in America, The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 1961, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

1966

Romantics and Realists, Wildenstein & Co., New York, 1966, no. 20, repro.

1976

Loan for display with permanent collection, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christie, 1976-1979.

1989

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

1990

Französische Impressionisten und ihre Wegbereiter aus der National Gallery of Art, Washington und dem Cincinnati Art Museum, Neue Pinakothek, Munich, 1990, no. 15, repro.

1992

From El Greco to Cézanne: Masterpieces of European Painting from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and The Metroplitan Museum of Art, New York, National Gallery of Greece, Athens, 1992-1993, no. 41, repro.

1999

Around Impressionism: French Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1999, no cat.

1999

Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art; Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, 1999, no. 7, repro.

2019

Yan Pei-Ming face à Courbet, Musée départemental Gustave Courbet, Ornans, 2019.

Bibliography

1959

National Gallery of Art. Masterpieces of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Painting. Exh. Cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1959: 10, repro.

1966

"Romantics and Realists." Arts Magazine 40, no. 7 (May 1966): 26, repro.

1975

European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 84, repro.

1975

Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. New York, 1975: 449, no. 655, color repro.

1978

Fernier, Robert. La Vie et l'oeuvre de Gustave Courbet, catalogue raisonné. Peintures, 1866-1877, dessins, sculptures. Paris, 1978: 94, no. 716.

1984

Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 445, no. 643, color repro.

1985

Courthion, Pierre. L'opera completa di Courbet. Milan, 1985: no. 688, repro.

1985

European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 103, 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: 138-141, color repro.

Related Content