James Tissot
Seaside (July: Specimen of a Portrait)
187887.5 x 61 cm
Oil on fabric
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland
Bequest of Noah L. Butkin
Provenance
Bought from the artist by Knoedler & Co., New York, 31 May 1879
arrived in New York via Jos. Bulla, Paris, 14 July 1879, Femme au sofa (stock number 1645)
sold by Knoedler 4 October 1879 to Henry Hilton, New York, as Summer-days
Hilton collection sale, New York, American Art Galleries, 13-16 February 1900, nr. 74, Summer Hours, 33.5 x 23", to Edward Brandus, New York dealer
with W. Postar, Boston, 1971
Herbert Schwarz, Montreal, 1972
Los Angeles sale, Sotheby's, Parke-Bernet, 22-23 May 1972, nr. 260, repr., Jeune femme assise (with unsustainable provenance)
with Williams & Son, London, May 1972
Clarence Frisbee, London, October 1972
London sale, Christie's, 25 July 1975, nr. 115, repr., Seaside, (with provenance of other version)
Mr. and Mrs. Noah L. Butkin, Cleveland
bequeathed to the CMA in 1980
Other works by James Tissot
The Dreamer
Triumph of the Will - The Challenge
c. 1877
c. 1877
The Ball
Gentleman in a railway carriage
c. 1872
c. 1872
The last evening
1873
1873