A Necklace of Boats
1949
Oil on wood panel
11.4 × 20.3 cm (4.5 × 8 in)
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Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia · verified July 2026
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FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG
Violette de Mazia was a legendary teacher at the Barnes for over 60 years and served as director of education after the death of Albert Barnes in 1951. In a 1955 letter, De Mazia told a friend that she painted this work while traveling through French region of Brittany. The work depicts a colorful group of fishing boats bobbing side-by-side in a marina. De Mazia's brushwork is thin enough that the horizontal wood grain remains visible, which reinforces the landscape format of the composition.
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