Seascape with Open Sky

Eugène Louis Boudin, 1860

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Seascape with Open Sky, 1860. pastel on gray wove paper mounted on thin paperboard.

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pastel on gray wove paper mounted on thin paperboard · Sheet: 21.5 x 28.7 cm · Cleveland Museum of Art

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Museum title: Seascape with Open Sky
Artist: Eugène Boudin (French, 1824–1898)
Date: 1860
Medium: pastel on gray wove paper mounted on thin paperboard
Dimensions: Sheet: 21.5 x 28.7 cm (8 7/16 x 11 5/16 in.)
Credit line: Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: Cleveland Museum of Art

Artist’s life 1824–1898

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