Edouard Manet
The Toilers of the Sea

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Artist Edouard ManetFrench, 1832–1883

CultureFrench

Titles

The Toilers of the Sea

Date1873

PlaceBerck (Berck-sur-mer), France

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsCanvas: 25 × 31 1/4 in. (63.5 × 79.4 cm)
Frame: 36 1/2 × 42 1/2 × 4 1/4 in. (92.7 × 108 × 10.8 cm)

Credit LineJohn A. and Audrey Jones Beck Collection, museum purchase funded by Audrey Jones Beck

Object number92.171

Current Location

The Audrey Jones Beck Building

222 Beck Galleries

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Department

European Art, Beck Collection

Special Collections

John A. and Audrey Jones Beck Collection

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenanceThe artist; acquired by Jean-Baptiste Faure, Paris, November 18, 1873; [Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1906]; [Paul Cassirer, Berlin, 1906]; Franz von Mendelssohn, Berlin; [Drs. Fritz and Peter Nathan, Zurich, until no later than 1954-55]; sold to [Sam Salz, New York]; Mr. and Mrs. Edwin C. Vogel, New York; [Sam Salz, New York]; sold to Henry T. Mudd, Los Angeles, June 3, 1960; Victoria Nebeker Coberly Family Trust; [Christie's, New York, May 12, 1992, lot 110]; Mrs. Audrey Jones Beck, Houston, 1992; given to MFAH, 1992.
Exhibition History"Exposition des oeuvres de Édouard Manet," École Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris, January 1884.

"Exposition de 24 Tableaux et Aquarelles par Manet Formant la collection Faure," Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, March 1906.

"Exhibition of Paintings & Watercolors by Manet (Faure Collection)," Sulley & Co.'s Galleries, London, June 1906.

"Édouard Manet: Gemälde, Pastelle, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen," Galerie Matthiesen, Berlin, February–March 1928.

"Exposition Manet," Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, June 1932.

"Honderd Jaar Fransche Kunst," Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, July–September 1938.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Signed at bottom center, recto: "Manet"

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