Petticoats on the Beach (recto); Breton Women on the Beach (verso)
1865/1870 (recto); 1867/68 (verso)
Medium
Watercolor and graphite (recto), and graphite (verso), on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
12.9 × 22.7 cm (5 1/8 × 8 15/16 in.)
Classification
drawings (visual works)
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
113995
Art Historical Context
Eugène Louis Boudin’s *Petticoats on the* (recto) and *Breton Women on the* (verso), created between 1865 and 1870, capture the breezy charm of coastal life in Brittany, France. On the recto, delicate watercolor and graphite depict abandonedticoats fluttering on the, evoking the transient of seaside leisure. The, rendered solely in graphite, shows women in traditional Breton attire strolling along the shore, their figures rendered with quick, expressive lines that suggest movement and wind-swept energy. This intimate double-sided sheet, measuring just 12.9 × 22.7 cm, exemplifies Boudin’s sketc...