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Fisherman's Cottage on the Cliffs at Varengeville
1882
Claude Monet, French, 1840–1926
60.6 x 81.6 cm (23 7/8 x 32 1/8 in.)
Oil on canvas
Inscriptions: Lower left: Claude Monet 1882Classification: Paintings
Type, sub-type: Landscape - SeascapeObject is currently out on loanSummertime often drew Monet to the English Channel coast, and in 1881 and 1882 he explored the area around Dieppe, situated about ninety-six kilometers to the east along the coast from Le Havre. For the purpose of giving focus to the scenes he painted in Pourville and Varengeville, west of Dieppe, Monet liked the stone cabins that had been built during the Napoleonic era as posts from which to observe coastal traffic. In Monet's day they were used by fishermen for storage. The door and flanking windows anthropomorphize the cottage, giving it a nose and two eyes. We may see the cottage, but we cannot reach it, for there is no path. Indeed, all we can do is admire the view out to sea. The Channel, dotted with recreational yachts, sparkles in the distance. The cottage, especially its roof, is given an orange hue, which it may truly have possessed but which makes a striking contrast of complementaries with the blue of the water on the horizon. Museum of Fine Arts, BostonBequest of Anna Perkins Rogers, 1921
Accession number: 21.1331Provenance/Ownership History: Please note: The history of ownership is not definitive or comprehensive, as it is under constant review and revision by MFA curators and researchers.
October 1882, possibly sold by the artist to Durand-Ruel, Paris [see note 1]; August 1883, possibly sold by Durand-Ruel to Galerie Georges Petit, Paris. 1890, Georges de Porto-Riche (b. 1849 - d. 1930), Paris; May 14, 1890, Porto-Riche sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, lot 22, to Durand-Ruel, Paris (stock no. 357); July 4, 1890, sold by Durand-Ruel to Annette (Anna) Perkins Rogers (b. 1840 - d. 1920), Boston; 1921, bequest of Anna Perkins Rogers to the MFA. (Accession Date: July 7, 1921)
NOTES:
[1] The provenance given here (through 1890) is taken from Daniel Wildenstein, "Monet: catalogue raisonné" (1996), vol. 2, pp. 299-300, cat. no. 808.This object is included in the following Selected Tour(s):
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