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Félix Ziem
Mermaids Under Water1874

Not on view
Horizontal oil sketch with multiple nude figures in loose terracotta and salmon brushwork on a sandy ochre ground, with a coiling golden line at center
Artist or Maker
Félix Ziem
France, Beaune, 1821-1911
Title
Mermaids Under Water
Place Made
France
Date Made
1874
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Canvas: 14 1/4 × 26 in. (36.2 × 66.04 cm) Frame: 23 × 35 in. (58.42 × 88.9 cm)
Credit Line
The Ciechanowiecki Collection, Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation
Accession Number
M.2000.179.42
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture
Provenance

Arsène Houssaye (1815–1896), Paris. Andrew S. Ciechanowiecki (1924–2015), London, by 1980, sold 2000 to; LACMA.

Selected Bibliography
  • Lehmbeck, Leah, editor. Gifts of European Art from The Ahmanson Foundation. Vol. 2, French Painting and Sculpture. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2019.