Provenance
Alphonse Legrand, Paris, by Feb. 21, 1890 [this and the following per Durand-Ruel, Paris, stock book for 1884–90 (no. 2637), as confirmed by Paul-Louis Durand-Ruel and Flavie Durand-Ruel, Durand-Ruel Archives, Oct. 5, 2010, curatorial object file]; sold to Durand-Ruel, Paris, Feb. 21, 1890; transferred to Durand-Ruel, New York, by April 19, 1892 [this and the following per the Durand-Ruel, New York, stock book for 1888–93 (no. 900, as Marine or Stormy sea on the coast near Dieppe), as confirmed by Paul-Louis Durand-Ruel and Flavie Durand-Ruel, Durand-Ruel Archives, Oct. 5, 2010, curatorial object file]; sold to W. C. Van Horne, Montreal, April 19, 1892, for $1,000. Acquired by Eugene Glaenzer, New York, by Dec. 14, 1892. [this and the two following per Durand-Ruel, New York, stock book for 1888–93 (no. 1011, Marine), as confirmed by Paul-Louis Durand-Ruel and Flavie Durand-Ruel, Durand-Ruel Archives, Oct. 5, 2010, curatorial object file]; Durand-Ruel, New York, Dec. 14, 1892; sold to Potter Palmer (d. 1902), Chicago, Dec. 14, 1892, for $1,250; by descent to the Potter family; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1922.
Accession Number
81557
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
72.6 × 91.6 cm (28 1/2 × 36 in.); Framed: 97.8 × 116.9 × 8 cm (38 1/2 × 46 × 3 1/8 in.)
Classification
painting
Credit Line
Potter Palmer Collection
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