The Seine from a Balcony | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2009.90.37
People: Walter Sickert, British (Munich, Germany 1860 - 1942 Bathampton, Somerset, England)
Title: The Seine from a Balcony
Other Titles: Original Language Title: La Seine du Balcon
Classification: Paintings
Work Type: painting
Date: 1906
Places: Creation Place: Europe
Culture: British
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/29849

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 50 × 61 cm (19 11/16 × 24 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: [Hotel Drouot, Paris, 21 June 1909, lot 49], bought; by Griffith, sold; [through Christie's, 2 May 1952, lot 72]; to Redfern, sold; [through Roland, Browse & Delbanco, 1957] to Denys Sutton; by descent, sold; [through Christie's, 10 June 2005, lot 18, col. repr.]; to Patricia Cornwell, gift; to Harvard Art Museum, 2009.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Patricia Cornwell
Copyright: © Estate of Walter Richard Sickert / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year: 2009
Object Number: 2009.90.37
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Darkly colored view of the Seine from a balcony.

Publication History

Wendy Baron, Sickert, Phaidon (London, England, 1973), f. 196

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2009.90.37: The Seine from a Balcony