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Fishmarket

Fishmarket

1902
(French, 1830–1903)
France, 20th century
oil on canvas
Unframed: 66 x 81.3 cm (26 x 32 in.)
Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift 2020.113
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

Pissarro painted this work from an upper level hotel room in Dieppe. He was suffering from a recurring eye infection at the time that prevented him from working outdoors.

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.
  • Possibly Georges Petit [1856-1920] Paris, France
    1918
    (possibly sold to dealer Duval-Fleury, Paris, France, February 14, 1918)
    1918–1923
    Wilhelm Hansen [1868-1936] Copenhagen, Denmark, sold to Baron Kojiro Matsudata
    1923–1927
    Baron Kojiro Matsukata [1865–1950] Kobe, Japan, sold to the 15th Bank of Japan
    1927–1928
    The 15th Bank, Tokyo, Japan
    after 1928–before 1971
    Kyuzaemon Wada [1890–1968] Osaka, Japan
    1971–1974
    (Fujikawa Galleries, Tokyo, Japan, sold to Private Collection)
    2003
    (sold at Sotheby’s, New York, NY, November 5, 2003, lot 5)
    2004
    (Acquavella Galleries, New York, NY, sold to Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley)
    2004–2020
    Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    2020–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
    Provenance Footnotes
    1 Provenance until 1918 is according to Joachim Pissarro and Claire Durand-Ruel Snollaerts, Pissarro: Critical Catalogue of Paintings (Paris: Wildenstein Institute Publications, 2005), vol. III, p. 879, cat. no. 1439.  Wilhelm Hansen was known to work with Duval-Fleury on other art purchases and may have bought this painting directly from the French dealer. See: Denys Sutton, “The Degas Sales and England,” Burlington Magazine 131, no. 1033 (April 1989), pp. 266-272. 
    2 In 1927, Baron Matsukata was forced to dispose of his own property to sustain his company through an economic crisis. See: Libby Horner, “The collection of Kojiro Matsukata (1865-1950) The fire at the London Pantechnicon in 1939,” The British Art Journal 19, no. 1 (Spring 2018), pp. 84-90. According to the 2003 Sotheby’s sale catalogue, the 5th Bank of Japan owned the painting until 1928.
    3 Provenance 1918-2003 is according to the 2003 Sotheby’s sale catalogue. 
  • California Palace of the Legion of Honor. Catalogue, Inaugural Exposition of French Art in the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Lincoln Park, San Francisco, California, 1924-1925. San Francisco: Press of the James H. Barry, 1924-1925. Mentioned: P. 20, no. 46; Reproduced: no. 46
    Pissarro, Ludovico Rodo, and Lionello Venturi. Camille Pissarro; son art--son œuvre. Paris: P. Rosenberg, 1939. Mentioned: Vol. 1, p. 254, no. 1249; Reproduced: Vol. 2, pl. 244, no. 1249
    Matsukata korekushon meisaku senbatsuten zuroku. Tokyo: Kokuritsu Seiyō Bijutsukan, 1960. Reproduced: no. 105
    Shizuoka Kenritsu Bijutsukan. Kindai Nihon no yōga to seiyō: mohō to sōzō no isseiki (Western painting and modern Western style painting in Japan: One century from imitation to creation). Shizuoka-shi, Japan: Shizuoka Kenritsu Bijutuskan, 1986. Mentioned and Reproduced: P. 80, no. 38
    Brettell, Richard, Joachim Pissarro, and Mary Anne Stevens. The Impressionist and the City: Pissarro's Series Paintings. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1992. Reproduced: p. 191, no. 143
    Acquavella Galleries. XIX & XX Century Master Paintings and Sculpture: An Exhibition, March 18th to April 27th, 2002. New York: Acquavella Galleries, 2002. Mentioned and reproduced: Pl. 6
    Pissarro, Joachim and Claire Durand-Ruel Snollaerts. Pissarro: critical catalogue of paintings. Paris: Wildenstein Institute Publications, 2005. Mentioned and Reproduced: Vol. III, P. 879, no. 1439
    “A Historic Gift. Longtime CMA supporters Joseph and Nancy Keithley give 114 works, the largest gift in more than 60 years.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 60, no. 3 (Summer 2020): Cover, 6-9. Reproduced and Mentioned: P. 8.
    Griswold, William M. “Recent Acquisitions (2013-20) at the Cleveland Museum of Art.” Burlington Magazine 163, no. 1414 (January 2021): 93-104. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 97, no. 8; mentioned: P. 93
  • Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 11, 2022-January 8, 2023).
    Western Painting and Modern Western Style Painting in Japan: One Century from Imitation to Creation. Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, Shizuoka City, Japan (August 15-September 26,1986).
    Masterpieces of the Ex-Matsukata Collection. National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo (May 14-July 10,1960).
    XIXth and XXth Century Master Paintings and Sculpture. Acquavella Galleries, New York, NY (March 1-May 1, 2002).
    The Triumph of French Painting: Masterpieces from Ingres to Matisse. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore (March 12-July 16, 2000); Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa (August 13-November 26, 2000); Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach (January 6-March 11, 2001); Royal Academy of Arts, London (June 30-September 23, 2001); Albright Knox Gallery, Buffalo (November 3, 2001-January 6, 2002).
    Treasured Masterpieces of the XIXth Century Painting. Galerie Fujikawa, Osaka; Yomiuri Shimbun, Tokyo (1973).
    Inaugural Exposition of French Art. California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco (1915).
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