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Charles Adams Platt
American, 1861–1933
The Quay, Larmor
1884–85
Many American artists traveled abroad to study painting in the late nineteenth century. Platt, who was born in New York, spent time in the small town of Larmor on the coast of Brittany in northwestern France during the summer of 1884. This painting of the village harbor emphasizes the pearly gray coastal light, which lends a poetic beauty to the everyday scene.
Image Caption
Charles Adams Platt, The Quay, Larmor, 1884–85, oil on canvas. Clark Art Institute, 1955.829
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
10 5/16 x 14 1/2 in. (26.2 x 36.8 cm)
Object Number
1955.829
Acquisition
Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955
Status
Off View
Select Bibliography
New York: National Adademy of Design.. Sixtieth Annual Exhibition. April 6-May 15, 1885. M. Knoedler & Co., New York.. Exhibition of Paintings and Prints of Every Description on the Occasion of Knoedler One Hundred Years, 1846-1946. April 1-27, 1946.. 1946.. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. List of Paintings in the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1970. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. List of Paintings in the Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1972. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. List of Paintings in the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1984. Conrads, Margaret C. American Paintings and Sculpture at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1990. Kern, Steven, ed. List of Paintings in the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1992. Hood Museum, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H.. Shaping an American Landscape: The Art and Architecture of Charles A. Platt. March 25-May 28, 1995; Octagon Museum, The American Architecture Foundation, Washington, D. C. June 19-Sept. 19, 1995; William Benton Museum, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Oct. 31-Dec. 22, 1995. Exh.cat. Keith N. Morgan et al.. 1995..
Provenance
James W. Ellsworth, 1849-1925, Chicago (possibly by 1890-1923[1], sold to M. Knoedler & Co., 10 March 1923); [M. Knoedler & Co., New York, 1923-1924, as Inlet, sold to Clark, 1 March 1924]; Robert Sterling Clark (1924-1955); Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1955.
[1] The 1890 “Catalogue of Collections Loaned by James W. Ellsworth” by the Art Institute of Chicago includes a Charles A. Platt painting entitled Marine.