Chrysanthemums by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
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Chrysanthemums

Pierre-Auguste Renoir · 1881–82

Provenance

Ownership history

  1. The artist (d. 1919); sold to Durand-Ruel, Paris, Dec. 14, 1882, for 600 francs. [per Durand-Ruel, Paris, stock book for 1880–84 (no. 2650), as confirmed by Paul-Louis Durand-Ruel, Durand-Ruel Archives, to Gloria Groom, Apr. 2, 2014, e-mail correspondence, curatorial object file]; transferred to Durand-Ruel, New York, 1897. [per Paul-Louis Durand-Ruel, Durand-Ruel Archives, to Gloria Groom, Apr. 2, 2014, e-mail correspondence, curatorial object file]; sold to Martin A. Ryerson (d. 1932), Chicago, Feb. 17, 1915, for $7,500. [per Durand-Ruel Archives, as confirmed by Caroline Durand-Ruel Godfroy, Durand-Ruel Archives, to the Art Institute of Chicago, Dec. 13, 1994, curatorial object file]; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1933.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Exhibition history

  • Possibly Paris, Grand Palais, Salon d’automne, Oct. 15–Nov. 15, 1904, cat. 30, as Chrysanthèmes.
  • Possibly New York, Durand-Ruel, Exhibition of Paintings by Pierre Auguste Renoir, Nov. 14–Dec. 5, 1908, cat. 12, as Chrysanthèmes, 1882.
  • New York, Durand-Ruel, Exhibition of Paintings by Renoir, Feb. 7–21, 1914, cat. 1.
  • Art Institute of Chicago, “A Century of Progress”: Loan Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, May 23–Nov. 1, 1933, cat. 340.
  • Art Institute of Chicago, “A Century of Progress” Loan Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture for 1934, June 1–Oct. 31, 1934, cat. 228.
  • Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings by Renoir, Feb. 3–Apr. 1, 1973, cat. 39 (ill.).
  • Pasadena, Calif., Norton Simon Museum of Art, Jan. 27–Oct. 31, 1978, no cat.
  • Tokyo, Isetan Museum of Art, Exposition Renoir, Sept. 26–Nov. 6, 1979, cat. 33 (ill.); Kyoto Municipal Museum, Nov. 10–Dec. 9, 1979.
  • Albi, Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Trésors impressionnistes du Musée de Chicago, June 27–Aug. 31, 1980, cat. 22 (ill.).
  • Santa Barbara (Calif.) Museum of Art, Sept. 13, 1984–June 7, 1985, no cat.
  • Tokyo, Seibu Museum of Art, Shikago bijutsukan insho-ha ten [The Impressionist tradition: Masterpieces from the Art Institute of Chicago], Oct. 18–Dec. 17, 1985, cat. 38 (ill.); Fukuoka Art Museum, Jan. 5–Feb. 2, 1986; Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Mar. 4–Apr. 13, 1986.
  • Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago’s Dream, a World’s Treasure: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1893–1993, Nov. 1, 1993–Jan. 9, 1994, not in cat.

Literature

Published references

  • Possibly Société du Salon d’Automne, Catalogue de peinture, dessin, sculpture, gravure, architecture et arts décoratifs, exh. cat. (Hérissey, 1904), p. 115, cat. 30.
  • Possibly Durand-Ruel, New York, Exhibition of Paintings by Pierre Auguste Renoir, exh. cat. (Durand-Ruel, New York, 1908), no. 12.
  • Art Institute of Chicago, A Guide to the Paintings in the Permanent Collection (Art Institute of Chicago, 1925), p. 162, cat. 2154.
  • M. C., “Renoirs in the Institute (Continued),” Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago 19, 4 (Apr. 1925), pp. 47, 48 (ill.).
  • Daniel Catton Rich, “Französische Impressionisten im Art Institute zu Chicago,” Pantheon: Monatsschrift für Freunde und Sammler der Kunst 11, 3 (Mar. 1933), p. 78. Translated by C. C. H. Drechsel as “French Impressionists in the Art Institute of Chicago,” Pantheon/Cicerone (Mar. 1933), p. 18.
  • Art Institute of Chicago, Catalogue of “A Century of Progress”: Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture; Lent from American Collections, ed. Daniel Catton Rich, exh. cat. (Art Institute of Chicago, 1933), p. 49, cat. 340.
  • Art Institute of Chicago, Catalogue of “A Century of Progress”: Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, 1934, ed. Daniel Catton Rich, exh. cat. (Art Institute of Chicago, 1934), p. 39, cat. 228.
  • Art Institute of Chicago, An Illustrated Guide to the Collections of the Art Institute of Chicago (Art Institute of Chicago, 1945), p. 36.
  • Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings in the Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Picture Collection (Art Institute of Chicago, 1961), p. 397.
  • Charles C. Cunningham and Satoshi Takahashi, Shikago bijutsukan [Art Institute of Chicago], Museums of the World 32 (Kodansha, 1970), pp. 130, pl. 118; 177.
  • Elda Fezzi, L’opera completa di Renoir: Nel periodo impressionista, 1869–1883, Classici dell’arte 59 (Rizzoli, 1972), p. 111; 112, cat. 505 (ill.).
  • Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings by Renoir, exh. cat. (Art Institute of Chicago, 1973), pp. 74; 106–07, cat. 39 (ill.); 126; 210; 211; 214.

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