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The Beach at Saint-Jacut
Édouard Vuillard1909
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Édouard Vuillard spent the summer of 1909 in the French coastal town of Saint-Jacut de la Mer, known for its beaches and bathing. Sharing housing with a group of artist friends, Vuillard sketched and painted avidly, depicting the seascape in several works including this drawing. Here, the artist emphasized the remoteness of the beach, depicting a woman sitting alone, wearing a gray dress that matches the tone of the infinitely expanding sky beyond her.
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- Title: The Beach at Saint-Jacut
- Creator: Edouard Vuillard (French, 1868-1940)
- Date Created: 1909
- Physical Dimensions: Image and Sheet: 57.8 x 43.2 cm (22 3/4 x 17 in.); Mounted: 58.7 x 44.3 cm (23 1/8 x 17 7/16 in.)
- Provenance: Studio of the artist [1868-1940; Lugt 2497a], (sale, Galerie Motte, Geneva, June 16, 1972, no. 28), (sale, Hotel President, Geneva, December 3-12, 1989, no. 3159), Private collection, Paris, (Neffe-Degrandt Fine Art, London, sold to private collection, Japan), Private collection, Japan, (Jill Newhouse, New York, NY), Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley, Cleveland, OH, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Drawing
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2020.143
- Medium: distemper on paper, laid down on canvas
- Inscriptions: stamped, in black ink, at lower right: E. Vuillard [Lugt 2497a]
- Fun Fact: Vuillard created this drawing using distemper, a technique that involves mixing pigment and glue, which he favored at this time for the planes of matte color that resulted.
- Department: Drawings
- Culture: France, 20th century
- Credit Line: Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift
- Collection: DR - French
- Accession Number: 2020.143
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