Rocks at the Lighthouse, Biarritz

Inscriptions

Signed lower right: J. Sorolla Bastida 1906

Provenance

The artist; sold to Stephen Carlton Clark, Sr. (died 1960), New York, 1909 [copy of c. 1909 Hispanic Society exhibition inventory, in curatorial file]. Maribel G. Blum (died February 13, 1985), Miami Beach, Fla. and Chicago, by 1975–1985 [inventory by John Keefe, Curator, Art Institute, 1975, in curatorial file]; bequeathed to the Art Institute, 1986.

Exhibition history

Berlin, Schulte Galeries, 1907. London, Grafton Galleries, May–July 1908, p. 44, no. 231, as The Lighthouse Rocks, Biarritz. New York, The Hispanic Society of America, Exhibition of Paintings by Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida, Feb. 8–Mar. 8, 1909, p. 93, no. 30, as Rocas del Faro, Biarritz, (Rocks at the Lighthouse, Biarritz).

Publications

Aureliano de Beruete et al., Eight Essays on Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida (New York, 1909), v. 1, p. 117 (ill.), no. 30; v. 2, p. 389, no. 30, as Rocas del Faro, Biarritz. Bernardino de Pantorba, La vida y la obra de Joaquín Sorolla (Madrid, 1970), p. 189, no. 1598, as Rocas del Faro, Biarritz. Art Institute of Chicago Annual Report 1986/7, (Chicago, 1987), p. 65.

Quick Overview

Artist: Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida (Spanish, 1863-1923)
Date: 1906
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 61.5 × 103.2 cm (23 5/8 × 40 1/2 in.); Framed: 82.6 × 125.1 × 5.8 cm (32 1/2 × 49 1/4 × 2 1/4 in.)
Type: Painting
Classification: oil on canvas
Style: 20th Century
Place: Spain
Department: Painting and Sculpture of Europe
Credit line: Bequest of Maribel G. Blum
Accession no.: 1986.1404

Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.