In the Sunshine (En plein soleil)
Artist
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
(French, 1836–1902)
Date1881
Mediumetching and drypoint on cream laid paper
Dimensions20.1 x 29.8 cm (plate); 30.5 x 47.9 cm (sheet)
ClassificationsPrints
MarkingsWatermark: ...VE; artist's stamp in red ink, l.r. (Lugt 1545)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. H. Paul Buckingham III and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Buckingham
Object number2001.65
Label TextDomestic images of gardens dominated Tissot’s artistic output for more than four years. Tissot maintained this imagery was partly rooted in a nostalgia for his French homeland, while living in what he called the “cloud and smoke and fog” of London. The woman in the foreground is derived from a photograph of his lover Kathleen Newton. An Irish divorcée, Newton served—almost exclusively—as his model until her death from tuberculosis in 1882. After her passing, Tissot returned to Paris. Moving away from the pastoral and domestic imagery from London, Tissot instead focused on the urban woman, as seen in The Newspaper (1883), located in the hallway.ProvenanceMr. and Mrs. H. Paul Buckingham, North Palm Beach, FL; Mr. and Mrs. H. Paul Buckingham III, Holden, MA and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Buckingham, Boylston, MAOn View
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