Pointe de Cabellou, Brittany

Inscriptions

Signed lower right: "W. L. Picknell. 1881-"

Provenance

(Levantine Gallery, Bordeaux); (Claude Marumo, Director, Galerie Marumo, Paris); Alfred T. Morris, Jr., Seekonk, Massachusetts; Benjamin Rifkin, Binghampton, New York (Mr. Robert Weimann, Jr. was the agent for the sale from Mr. Morris to Mr. Rifkin); Mr. Alexander Cokas, New Hope, Pennsylvania (uncertain if he was the agent for Mr. Rifkin, or if he owned the work himself); (Taggart, Jorgensen, & Putman, Washington, D.C., October, 1983)

Exhibition history

Year in Review for 1984. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 3-May 5, 1985).

Quick Overview

Artist: William L. Picknell (American, 1854–1897)
Date: 1881
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: Unframed: 60.3 x 92.2 cm (23 3/4 x 36 5/16 in.)
Type: Painting
Classification: Painting
Department: American Painting and Sculpture
Credit line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Accession no.: 1984.13

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