1962.88: A Fishing Boat, Honfleur
PaintingsGallery Text
Like many of his contemporaries, Corot traveled to Normandy, in northwest France, to paint the landscape. This view of Honfleur isolates two maritime features of the coastline, omitting any figures or evidence of the commercial activities of the bustling port. Rapidly executed, it only summarily registers the city and hill line beyond, and the perspective is left awkwardly unresolved. Corot regularly made oil sketches such as this one outdoors. He did not intend these plein air studies to be exhibited, as he did not consider them an end in themselves, but preparatory works for larger, more finished compositions. This and other marine studies aided in his development of a large painting titled Seascape, which he showed at the Salon of 1834.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1962.88
- People
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Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, French (Paris 1796 - 1875 Ville d'Avray)
- Title
- A Fishing Boat, Honfleur
- Other Titles
- Alternate Title: Honfleur - A Fishing Boat
- Classification
- Paintings
- Work Type
- painting
- Date
- c. 1830
- Culture
- French
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/228214
Location
- Location
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Level 2, Room 2100, European and American Art, 17th–19th century, Centuries of Tradition, Changing Times: Art for an Uncertain Age
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Oil on paper laid down on ragboard
- Dimensions
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sight: 23.2 x 31.1 cm (9 1/8 x 12 1/4 in.)
framed: 41.5 x 50.5 cm (16 5/16 x 19 7/8 in.) - Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: l.r.: Vente/Corot (estate stamp)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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Vente Corot [Hôtel Drouot, Paris, May 26, 1875, lot 57]. M. Détrimont, Paris. Adele R. Levy Fund, Inc., New York, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1962.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Adele R. Levy Fund, Inc.
- Accession Year
- 1962
- Object Number
- 1962.88
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- The Mrs. Adele R. Levy Collection: A Memorial Exhibition, exh. cat., The Museum of Modern Art (New York, NY, 1961), repr. in b/w p. 12
- Edgar Peters Bowron, European Paintings Before 1900 in the Fogg Art Museum: A Summary Catalogue including Paintings in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990), p. 102, repr. as no. 274
- Michael Pantazzi and Vincent Pomarède, Corot, 1796-1875, exh. cat., Réunion des Musées Nationaux (Paris, 1996), no. 44, p. 159, repr. in color
Exhibition History
- The Mrs. Adele R. Levy Collection: A Memorial Exhibition, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 06/09/1961 - 07/16/1961
- Corot Exhibition for the Benefit for the Citizens Committee for Children of New York, Wildenstein Gallery, New York, New York, 10/29/1969 - 12/06/1969
- Master Paintings from the Fogg Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/13/1977 - 08/31/1977
- HAA 10 Survey Course: The Western Tradition, Art Since the Renaissance, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 02/09/2008 - 03/02/2008
- 32Q: 2100 19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 01/01/2050
Subjects and Contexts
- Google Art Project
Verification Level
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