Low Tide, Oporto (c. 1924): Art, History and Details

Low Tide, Oporto (c. 1924) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Orville Houghton Peets (American, 1884–1968).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Starting in 1920, Peets was commissioned by the Hispanic Society of America to travel to Portugal and create art reflecting his experience. The society’s goal was to promote interest in Portuguese culture and tourism in the United States. After the commission ended, Peets continued to travel to Porto, the country’s second-largest city. Here, the artist depicts fishing folk gathering their boats around a series of steps that have been revealed by the low water level.

Object facts

• Title: Low Tide, Oporto
• Date: c. 1924
• Creator attribution: Orville Houghton Peets (American, 1884–1968)
• Culture: America, Ohio, Cleveland
• Type: Print
• Technique: etching
• Collection: PR - Etching
• Department: Prints
• Accession number: 1925.608

A detail from the museum

This print won first prize in the etching category at the Cleveland Museum of Art’s 1925 May Show.

Collection credit

Gift of Edward B. Greene

Further reading listed by the museum

• Orville Houghton Peets Entry Card to 1925 May Show. Cleveland Museum of Art May Show Records, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.

View the collection record

See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.