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Böcklin, Arnold. Ruin by the Sea, 1881. oil on fabric, Framed: 132.1 x 102.9 x 8.3 cm (52 x 40 1/2 x 3 1/4 in.); Unframed: 111 x 82 cm (43 11/16 x 32 5/16 in.). Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund, 1979.57. CC0.
Ruin by the Sea
1881
Arnold Böcklin
Arnold Böcklin (Swiss, 1827–1901)
Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Ruin by the Sea, 1881. Arnold Böcklin (Swiss, 1827–1901). Oil on fabric; framed: 132.1 x 102.9 x 8.3 cm (52 x 40 1/2 x 3 1/4 in.); unframed: 111 x 82 cm (43 11/16 x 32 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1979.57 Who used to live in this crumbling villa on a lonely shore? Böcklin's eerie painting seems to beg the question of the building's history and the circumstances of its ruin. Haunted by the past, this scene also contains premonitions of future peril.