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Low Tide at Pourville, near Dieppe, 1882
Claude MonetLinkedCulture matchlcp-86a26a40cf9a
- Date
- 1882
- Medium
- oil on fabric
- Culture
- France, 19th century
- Department
- Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 125234
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
This is one of several views Claude Monet painted of Pourville, a fishing village on the north coast of France in Normandy. Pourville featured a boardwalk, a broad beach, and stunning cliffs. According to the artist's correspondence, the village was nothing special, but he was inspired by the landscape: "One could not be any closer to the sea than I am, on the pebbled beach itself and the waves beat at the foot of the house." During the spring of 1882 in Pourville, Monet stayed in a small hotel similar to the dwellings seen at the foot of the cliff to the right in this painting. The narrow strokes of black paint along the the edge of the water at the base of the cliff indicate bathers.
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- Credit line
- Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon
- Provenance
- ?1882: Possibly bought from the artist in 1882 by Durand-Ruel, Paris, France (this information from the Wildenstein catalogue raisonné cannot be confirmed by Durand-Ruel as their files on this matter are not conclusive). | 1889: Henry White Cannon [1850-1934], New York, NY, 1899. | 1947: Mrs. Henry White Cannon [1861-1954] New York, NY, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 1947-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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