The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 19, 2024
At the Sea Side
1880
(French, 1836–1902)
Image: 37.9 x 13.7 cm (14 15/16 x 5 3/8 in.); Sheet: 39.3 x 22.8 cm (15 1/2 x 9 in.)
Catalogue raisonné: Beraldi 38; Wentworth 47
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
The sitter of this print, Kathleen Newton, tragically died of consumption just two years after Tissot's portrait.Description
This print is one of several works in which James Tissot represented his lover and frequent model, Kathleen Newton, near a window. Here, the young woman sits on an open sill, looking outward as if caught in a daydream. Although set in Tissot’s London home and featuring props from his studio, the image includes nautical details added by the artist to suggest a coastal location. The invented ship, lighthouse, and expansive sea visible outdoors convey a sense of longing for travel and freedom.- ?-1974Leona E. Prasse, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH1974-Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Lee, Sherman E. "The Year in Review for 1974." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 62, no. 3 (1975): 62-102. Mentioned: p. 101 www.jstor.org
- Stories From Storage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021).Mary Cassatt and the Feminine Ideal in Nineteenth-Century Paris. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 14, 2012-January 20, 2013).Year in Review: 1974. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 11-April 6, 1975).
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1974.258