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AT-00009404The Boatyard
About the Artwork
Cazin exhibited this painting at the Paris Salon of 1876, marking the start of his official career. It depicts a boatyard in the artist's native Boulogne, a port city on the English Channel. The young man in the foreground is melting tar at a smoky fire, while men work on a boat just above him. Cazin was associated with the Realist movement during his early years and later with the Impressionists.
Inscriptions
Signed lower left: c. cazin
Provenance
Until 1925: Ernest May [1845-1925], Paris, France 1933: (Sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, France, June 19, 1933 (no. 56), unsold 1947: (Sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, France, November 24, 1947 (no. 124) 1954: (Tedesco Frères, Paris, France, sold to Walter P. Chrysler) 1954-1973: Walter P. Chrysler Jr. [1909-1988], New York, NY, sold to Grégoire Galleries) 1973: (Grégoire Galleries, New York, NY) Until 1976: (Shepherd Gallery, New York, NY, sold to Noah L. and Muriel S. Butkin) 1976-1977: Noah L. Butkin [1918-1980] and Muriel S. Butkin [1915-2008], Shaker Heights, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art 1977-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Exhibition history
Year in Review: 1977. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1977-January 22, 1978). The Realist Tradition: French Painting and Drawing 1830 - 1900. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 12, 1980-January 18, 1981).
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Jean-Charles Cazin (French, 1841–1901)
- Date
- c. 1875
- Medium
- oil on fabric
- Dimensions
- Framed: 105.4 x 149.9 x 15.2 cm (41 1/2 x 59 x 6 in.); Unframed: 77.6 x 122.7 cm (30 9/16 x 48 5/16 in.); Former: 111 x 155.5 x 6.5 cm (43 11/16 x 61 1/4 x 2 9/16 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Noah L. Butkin
- Accession no.
- 1977.123
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