Eugène Delacroix
Shipwreck on the Coast

ArtistFrench, 1798–1863
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Shipwreck on the Coast
Date1862
PlaceFrance
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall (visible canvas edge): 15 × 17 3/4 in. (38.1 × 45.1 cm)
Frame: 25 × 28 × 3 1/2 in. (63.5 × 71.1 × 8.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Agnes Cullen Arnold Endowment Fund
Object number2004.1693
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
219 Blanton Gallery
On view

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ProvenanceVictor Chocquet, Paris, by 1864; by descent to his widow, Marie Cochquet, Paris, by 1891; [Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, Marie Cochquet sale, July 1, 1899, lot 47 (as La naufrage), ill.]; purchased by [Paul Durand-Ruel (5350 on a label on the reverse)]; Denys Cochin by 1916; Dr. jur. Franz Anton Boner, Berlin, by 1930; A. M. Haussamann (or Hausamann), Zurich, by 1956; thence by descent; [Christie's, London, June 20, 2002]; [Richard Feigen, New York, 2002-2004]; purchased by MFAH, 2004.
Exhibition History"Oeuvres d'Eugène Delacroix," Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris, August 13, 1964.

"Eugène Delacroix. Centaire du Romantisme," Musée du Louvre, Paris, June–July 1930.

"XXVIII Biennale Internazionale d'Arte di Venezia," Venice, June–September 1956. (Exhibited as Naufragio presso la costa).

"Exposition de Géricault à Matisse, chefs-d'œuvre français des collections suisses," Petit Palais, Paris, March–May 1959. (Exhibited as Naufragio presso la costa).

"Eugène Delacroix. Centaire du Romantisme," Musée du Louvre, May–September 1963.

"Austellung Eugène Delacroix," Kunstmuseum Bern, November 16, 1963–January 19, 1964; Kunsthalle Bremen, Germany, February 23–April 26, 1964.

"An Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings and Lithographs sponsored by the Edinburgh Festival Society and arranged by the Arts Council of Great Britain in Association with the Royal Scottish Academy," Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, August 15–September 13, 1964; London.

"Manet and the Sea," Art Institute of Chicago, October 20, 2003–January 19, 2004; Philadelphia Museum of Art, February 15–May 30, 2004; Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, June 18–September 26, 2004.

"Delacroix," Caixa Forum, Madrid, October 10, 2011–January 15, 2012; Caixa Forum, Barcelona, February 14–May 20, 2012.

"Victor Chocquet: Art Collection and Friend of the Impressionists Renoir, Cezanne, Monet, Manet," Oskar Reinhart Collection, Winterthur, Switzerland, February 20–June 7, 2015.

"Eugène Delacroix and Modernity," Minneapolis Institute of Arts, October 18, 2015–January 10, 2016.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed and dated lower right: "Eug Delacroix / 1862"

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