Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2024.

View of the Seine and Notre-Dame from the Quai de la Tournelle, Paris

Artist Susan Watkins (American, 1875 - 1913)

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1908

MediumOil on board

Dimensions9 3/8 × 12 3/4 × 1/8 in. (23.8 × 32.4 × 0.3 cm)

InscribedSigned lower left corner and dated 1908.

Credit LineBequest of Goldsborough Serpell

Object number46.76.141

Not on view

DescriptionRiverside sketch of man with barrels; cathedral in background -- Notre Dame de Paris from le Quai de la Tournelle near the Wine Market. No frame.

Label TextSusan Watkins American (1875-1913) Untitled (View of the Seine and Notre Dame from the Quai de la Tournelle, Paris), ca. 1908 Oil on board Goldsborough Serpell Bequest 46.76.141 ProvenanceThe artist, Susan Watkins Serpell, bequeathed to her husband, Goldsborough Serpell, 1913; Bequest of Goldsborough Serpell to the Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences, 1946; Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences transferred to the Chrysler Museum, 1971. Exhibition History"The Gentle Modernist: The Art of Susan Watkins," Waitzer Community Gallery, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., May 15, 2002 - March 2003. "Women of the Chrysler: a 400-Year Celebration of the Arts," Large Changing Gallery, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., March 24 - July 18, 2010.Published ReferencesJeff Harrison, "The Art of Susan Watkins, 1875-1913," _American Art Review_ XV, No. 1(February 2003): 142-149, illustrated p. 142.