The Old Port of Marseille

1913

Maurice de Vlaminck

Associated Names
Maurice de Vlaminck

Artist, French, 1876 - 1958

The painting shows a harbor scene. There is a row of boats close to us at the bottom of the painting, their masts pointing in different directions. Beyond these boats is a stretch of blue water, and past that are more boats at the bottom of a hill lined with buildings in warm earth tones. The brushstrokes in the painting are thick and visible. The water in the center is bright blue, while the sky above is darker blue, with pale gray clouds.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Chester Dale Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 73 x 90.4 cm (28 3/4 x 35 9/16 in.)
    framed: 94 x 111.7 x 10.1 cm (37 x 44 x 4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1963.10.225

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Probably (Kahnweiler Gallery, Paris);[1] (Modern Gallery, New York); sold May 1917 to John Quinn [1870-1924], New York; (his estate sale, American Art Association, New York, 9-11 February 1927, 2nd day, no. 251); purchased by Chester Dale [1882-1962], New York; bequest 1963 to NGA.
[1] See letter dated 18 June 1987 from the Galerie Louis Leiris, in NGA curatorial files.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1921

  • Loan Exhibition of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Paintings, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1921, no. 126, repro.

1928

  • Loan Exhibition of Modern French Art from the Chester Dale Collection for the Benefit of the French Hospital of New York, Wildenstein Galleries, 1928, no. 45

1929

  • French Paintings, Toledo Museum of Art, 1929, no. 61

1931

  • A Group of Twentieth Century Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection, Department of Fine Arts, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, 1931, no. 22

1932

  • Derain-Vlaminck, Museum of French Art, New York, 1932, no. 29

1943

  • Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection, Art Institute of Chicago, 1943-1952 (extended loan), unnumbered catalogue, repro. p. 60

1952

  • Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1952, no. 67, repro.

1965

  • The Chester Dale Bequest, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965, unnumbered checklist.

Bibliography

1914

  • Coquiot, Gustave. Cubistes, Futuristes, Passéistes. Paris, 1914:repro. opposite 196.

1920

  • Henry, Daniel. "Maurice de Vlaminck." Junge Kunst 11 (1920): repro.

1929

  • Dale, Maud. Before Manet to Modigliani from the Chester Dale Collection. New York, 1929: no. 84, repro.

1932

  • The New York Times. 28 February 1932:VIII:10, repro.

1943

  • Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. The Art Institute of Chicago, 1943:, 60, repro.

1952

  • Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1952 (2nd ed., 1960; rev. ed., 1965): 66, repro.

1960

  • Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1960 (2nd ed.): 68, repro.

1965

  • Twentieth Century French Paintings & Sculpture of the French School in the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965 (rev. ed.): 89, repro.

  • Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 138.

  • Carrà, Massino. Maurice de Vlaminck. Milan, 1965:unpaginated, repro.

1968

  • National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 125, repro.

1975

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 368, repro.

1985

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 427, repro.

1997

  • Southgate, M. Therese. The Art of JAMA: One Hundred Covers and Essays from The Journal of the American Medical Association. St. Louis, 1997: 130-131, color repro.

Inscriptions

lower right: Vlaminck

Wikidata ID

Q20191754

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