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Les Pecheurs fuyant l'orage [Fishermen Fleeing the Storm]
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Charles Cottet
(Le Puy, France, 1863–Paris, France, 1925)
NationalityFrench, Europe
Date1905
MediumColor etching and aquatint
DimensionsSheet: 12 7/8 × 18 5/8 in. (32.7 × 47.3 cm)
Additional Dimension: 9 7/16 × 11 3/4 in. (24 × 29.9 cm)
Additional Dimension: 9 7/16 × 11 3/4 in. (24 × 29.9 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Purchase through the generosity of the Still Water Foundation, 1997.3
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Rights Statement
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number1997.3
On View
Not on viewCottet was fascinated with the tumultuous seascapes and gray sky in the Brittany region of France. This print, based on his oil painting of the same name, is both a testimony to the fishermen’s life-threatening task and to the power of nature. The overall dark colors and the small scale of the figures contribute to the ominous, overpowering feeling of the approaching storm.
Exhibitions
![Pêcheurs à la ligne [Fishermen with Rod and Reel], from L'Estampe moderne [The Modern Print]](/internal/media/dispatcher/8042/thumbnail)
Benoit Audran II (called The Younger)
after 1730-before 1740