Edouard Manet
The Toilers of the Sea

ArtistFrench, 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
On view

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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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