Description
This impressive view of a bustling fish market belongs to a series of paintings that Pissarro made during the summer of 1902 depicting the harbor at Dieppe. Borrowing from the Impressionist method of portraying a modern city from a high vantage point, he enlivened the scene with rich, vibrant colors applied with energetic, broken brushstrokes. Ever concerned with the fleeting effects of atmosphere, Pissarro painted the interpenetration of industrial steam with the clouds in the brilliant, sunlit sky.
Provenance
Possibly Georges Petit [1856-1920] Paris, France; (possibly sold to dealer Duval-Fleury, Paris, France, February 14, 1918) (1918); Wilhelm Hansen [1868-1936] Copenhagen, Denmark, sold to Baron Kojiro Matsudata (1918–1923); Baron Kojiro Matsukata [1865–1950] Kobe, Japan, sold to the 15th Bank of Japan (1923–1927); The 15th Bank, Tokyo, Japan (1927–1928); Kyuzaemon Wada [1890–1968] Osaka, Japan (after 1928–before 1971); (Fujikawa Galleries, Tokyo, Japan, sold to Private Collection) (1971–1974); (sold at Sotheby’s, New York, NY, November 5, 2003, lot 5) (2003); (Acquavella Galleries, New York, NY, sold to Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley) (2004); Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art (2004–2020); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (2020–)
Accession Number
2020.113
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
Unframed: 66 x 81.3 cm (26 x 32 in.)
Classification
Painting
Credit Line
Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift