La Rochelle

Artist: Albert Marquet (French, 1875-1947)

1920

Modern and Contemporary Art

Not on view
Medium

Oil on canvasboard

Dimensions

unframed: 14 3/4 × 18 in. (37.47 × 45.72 cm)
framed: 18 1/8 × 22 1/2 × 1 3/4 in. (46.04 × 57.15 × 4.45 cm)

Credit Line

Bequest of Paul Mellon, B.A. 1929, L.H.D.H. 1967

Accession Number

2012.30.2

Culture

French

Period

20th century

Classification

Paintings

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Provenance
The artist, Paris; by descent to his wife, Marcelle Marquet (1892–1984), Paris, 1947 (consigned to M. Knoedler and Co., New York, April 15, 1964) (consignment no. CA 6854) [see note 1]; sold through M. Knoedler and Co., New York, to Paul Mellon (1907–1999), Washington, D.C., then Upperville, Va., June 15, 1964 (PM inv. no. 1473) [see note 2]; bequeathed to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1999

Note 1: M. Knoedler and Co., New York, Commission book 5b: CA5419-CA7172, 1958 April–1965 April, p. 128, Row 5, digitized via the Getty Provenance Index, copy in accession file

Note 2: The painting was bequeathed to the Gallery by Paul Mellon in 1998, with his wife, Rachel “Bunny” Lambert Mellon (1910–2014), retaining lifetime interest. In 2012, Rachel Mellon completed the bequest.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

marine (visual work)

Subject

boats sea

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