The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of May 5, 2024
Sardine Fishermen Departing for Tréboul, from Breton Landscapes
1893
(French, 1864–1951)
Sheet: 35 x 52.2 cm (13 3/4 x 20 9/16 in.); Image: 23 x 35.1 cm (9 1/16 x 13 13/16 in.)
Catalogue raisonné: Fields, p. 82, XXXIX; Sueur-Hermel 60
Location: not on view
Description
This print belongs to a series made after one of Henri Rivière’s many trips to the rural French coast in Brittany. The subject and flattened perspective of the image, which depicts sailors preparing to harvest fish, were deeply influenced by Japanese woodblock prints. Rivière deliberately emulated the techniques of these works, carving individual blocks for each color that were carefully aligned and separately printed using traditional Japanese tools. Because of this work’s especially complicated composition and color palette, its creation required a total of 12 blocks.- A Lasting Impression: Gifts of the Print Club of Cleveland. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 5-September 22, 2019).
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2004.16