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The Boatyard
Jean-Charles Cazinc. 1875
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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.
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- Title: The Boatyard
- Creator: Jean-Charles Cazin (French, 1841–1901)
- Date Created: c. 1875
- Physical Dimensions: Framed: 105.4 x 149.9 x 15.2 cm (41 1/2 x 59 x 6 in.); Unframed: 77.6 x 122.7 cm (30 9/16 x 48 5/16 in.); Former: 111 x 155.5 x 6.5 cm (43 11/16 x 61 1/4 x 2 9/16 in.)
- Provenance: Ernest May [1845-1925], Paris, France, (Sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, France, June 19, 1933 (no. 56), unsold, (Sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, France, November 24, 1947 (no. 124), (Tedesco Frères, Paris, France, sold to Walter P. Chrysler), Walter P. Chrysler Jr. [1909-1988], New York, NY, sold to Grégoire Galleries), (Grégoire Galleries, New York, NY), (Shepherd Gallery, New York, NY, sold to Noah L. and Muriel S. Butkin), Noah L. Butkin [1918-1980] and Muriel S. Butkin [1915-2008], Shaker Heights, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Painting
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1977.123
- Medium: oil on fabric
- Inscriptions: Signed lower left: c. cazin
- Fun Fact: This painting was submitted to the Paris Salon in 1876 as Cazin’s first major work.
- Department: Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Culture: France, 19th century
- Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Noah L. Butkin
- Collection: Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960
- Accession Number: 1977.123
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