The Boatyard

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Boatyard

Jean-Charles CazinLinkedCulture matchlcp-8981b3813b93

Date
c. 1875
Medium
oil on fabric
Culture
France, 19th century
Department
Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
148966

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A bustling shipyard scene with workers constructing wooden boats.

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Cazin exhibited this painting at the Paris Salon of 1876, marking the start of his official career. It depicts a boatyard in the artist's native Boulogne, a port city on the English Channel. The young man in the foreground is melting tar at a smoky fire, while men work on a boat just above him. Cazin was associated with the Realist movement during his early years and later with the Impressionists. This painting was submitted to the Paris Salon in 1876 as Cazin’s first major work.

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Credit line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Noah L. Butkin
Provenance
Until 1925: Ernest May [1845-1925], Paris, France | 1933: (Sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, France, June 19, 1933 (no. 56), unsold | 1947: (Sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, France, November 24, 1947 (no. 124) | 1954: (Tedesco Frères, Paris, France, sold to Walter P. Chrysler) | 1954-1973: Walter P. Chrysler Jr. [1909-1988], New York, NY, sold to Grégoire Galleries) | 1973: (Grégoire Galleries, New York, NY) | Until 1976: (Shepherd Gallery, New York, NY, sold to Noah L. and Muriel S. Butkin) | 1976-1977: Noah L. Butkin [1918-1980] and Muriel S. Butkin [1915-2008], Shaker Heights, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 1977-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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