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Seaweed Gatherers, Yport

A work made of charcoal with touches of stumping on cream laid paper, laid down on ivory wove paper.
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  • A work made of charcoal with touches of stumping on cream laid paper, laid down on ivory wove paper.

Date:

1889

Artist:

Émile Schuffenecker
French, 1851-1934

About this artwork

A friend of Paul Gauguin, Schuffenecker worked in Pont-Aven with him in July 1886. In 1889 he organized the famous Café Volpini exhibition, which featured Gauguin’s lithographs, within the grounds of the Exposition Universelle. This drawing was made as an illustration for the exhibition catalogue. The subject recalls Gauguin’s Breton peasants, and the rounded corners may have been inspired by the shape of Gauguin’s lithographs.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Claude Emile Schuffenecker

Title

Seaweed Gatherers, Yport

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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1889

Medium

Charcoal with touches of stumping on cream laid paper, laid down on ivory wove paper

Dimensions

47.5 × 31.1 cm (18 3/4 × 12 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Regenstein Endowment Fund

Reference Number

2011.167

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