The Edge of the Pool (Au Bord de l'Etang)
Gustave Courbet
European Art
Courbet painted this cool and rather mysterious landscape for the marquis de Pomereu, with whom he had stayed near his native town of Ornans in eastern France. The artist renders the characteristic features of the Doubs region—craggy rocks, dark pools, tall oaks—with a great range of color tones and variations in technique, including a liberal use of his palette knife as well as his brush. He attentively contrasts the brightly illuminated green strip of the far bank with the murky center of the pool. The small figures of the woman on the bank and the man in the boat add a pastoral note to the painting.
MEDIUM
Oil on canvas
DATES
1867
DIMENSIONS
31 3/4 x 39 3/8 in. (80.6 x 100 cm)
Frame: 40 x 48 1/4 x 4 3/4 in. (101.6 x 122.6 x 12.1 cm) (show scale)
SIGNATURE
Signed and dated lower left: "67/Gustave Courbet"
COLLECTIONS
European Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
1992.17
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Mrs. Horace O. Havemeyer, Mrs. Frederic B. Pratt, and Hyman Brown, by exchange
PROVENANCE
Prior to 1877, gift of the artist to Michel-Marie-Robert de Pomereu of Paris, France; until circa 1991, inherited from Michel-Marie-Robert de Pomereu by his family; by September 18, 1991, purchased from the de Pomereu family by Stoppenbach and Delestre, Ltd., London, United Kingdom; January 7, 1992, purchased from Stoppenbach and Delestre, Ltd. by the Brooklyn Museum.
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CAPTION
Gustave Courbet (French, 1819-1877). The Edge of the Pool (Au Bord de l'Etang), 1867. Oil on canvas, 31 3/4 x 39 3/8 in. (80.6 x 100 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Horace O. Havemeyer, Mrs. Frederic B. Pratt, and Hyman Brown, by exchange, 1992.17 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1992.17_SL1.jpg)
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