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Seaside (July: Specimen of a Portrait)
James Tissot1878
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
This painting belongs to a series of allegories representing various months of the year. The sitter’s relaxed pose and the distant beach suggest a summer vacation by the sea. Bright sunlight is reflected off the sand and filtered through the awning into the room, where it rebounds from the woman’s ruffled dress onto her face. The model has been identified as Kathleen Newton, Tissot’s British mistress from 1876 until her death in 1882.
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- Title: Seaside (July: Specimen of a Portrait)
- Creator: James Tissot (French, 1836–1902)
- Date Created: 1878
- Physical Dimensions: Framed: 112.1 x 85.4 x 6.4 cm (44 1/8 x 33 5/8 x 2 1/2 in.); Unframed: 87.5 x 61 cm (34 7/16 x 24 in.)
- Provenance: (Knoedler & Co., New York, NY, May 31,1879, acquired form the artist)., Arrived in New York via Jos. Bulla, Paris, July 14, 1879, Femme au sofa (stock number 1645)., (Knoedler, New York, NY, October 4, 1879, sold to Henry Hilton, as Summer-days), (American Art Galleries, New York, NY, Hilton Collection sale, February 13-16 February 1900 (lot 74), sold to Edward Brandus), (W. Postar, Boston, MA, sold to Herbert Schwarz), Herbert Schwarz, Montreal, (Sotheby's, Los Angeles, CA, Parke-Bernet, May 22-23, 1972, lot 260, Jeune femme assise with unsustainable provenance), (Williams & Son, London, United Kingdom, May 1972), Clarence Frisbee, London, October 1972., (Christie's, London, United Kingdom, July 25, 1975, lot 115), Mr. Noah L. Butkin [1918-1980] Shaker Heights, OH, bequeathed to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Painting
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1980.288
- Medium: oil on fabric
- Inscriptions: Signed upper left in window sash: J. J. Tissot
- Fun Fact: From 1869 to 1876, under the pseudonym <em>Coïdé</em>, Tissot published political cartoons in the British weekly magazine <em>Vanity Fair</em>, causing circulation to skyrocket.
- Department: Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Culture: France, 19th century
- Credit Line: Bequest of Noah L. Butkin
- Collection: Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960
- Accession Number: 1980.288
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