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Collection Online as of July 18, 2026

A horizontally oriented oil painting with textured brushwork depicts a pale beige, rocky coast meeting dark water on the right. In the foreground, a small figure in a white head covering sits among dark rocks. A dense line of dark trees spans the middle ground beneath a bright blue sky streaked with white clouds. Thick, visible strokes define the sandy terrain. A faint signature sits in the bottom right corner.

Pointe de Cabellou, Brittany

1881

William L. Picknell

(American, 1854–1897)
America
oil on canvas
Unframed: 60.3 x 92.2 cm (23 3/4 x 36 5/16 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1984.13
Location: Not on view
  • (Levantine Gallery, Bordeaux); (Claude Marumo, Director, Galerie Marumo, Paris); Alfred T. Morris, Jr., Seekonk, Massachusetts; Benjamin Rifkin, Binghampton, New York (Mr. Robert Weimann, Jr. was the agent for the sale from Mr. Morris to Mr. Rifkin); Mr. Alexander Cokas, New Hope, Pennsylvania (uncertain if he was the agent for Mr. Rifkin, or if he owned the work himself); (Taggart, Jorgensen, & Putman, Washington, D.C., October, 1983)
  • Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1984.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 72, no. 2 (April 1985): 163–207. Mentioned: p. 202, no. 60; Reproduced: p. 184 www.jstor.org
  • Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Fraternite: Artistic Relations Between France and America (21 July-18 October 1987); Gallery A; no catalogue.
    Year in Review for 1984. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 3-May 5, 1985).
  • {{cite web|title=Pointe de Cabellou, Brittany|url=false|author=William L. Picknell|year=1881|access-date=18 July 2026|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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