Houses at Chatou by Maurice de Vlaminck
Art Institute of Chicago

Houses at Chatou

Maurice de Vlaminck · 1905

Provenance

Ownership history

  1. The artist, Paris; probably sold to Ambroise Vollard (1866–1939), Paris, 1906, and until at least 1937 [New York 2006; Paris 1937; Vollard’s 1922 inventory, Ambroise Vollard Records, Wildenstein Plattner Institute, copies in curatorial object file]. With Wildenstein & Co., London, by June 1939 [London 1939]; sold to Dr. J. Schöni, Zurich, June 13, 1950 [Paris 2008]. Galerie Bing et Cie, Paris, by 1950 [this and the following according to letter from Sidney Janis Gallery, July 19, 1976, in curatorial object file]; sold to Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, 1950; sold to Maurice E. Culberg (1905–1953) and Ruth Culberg (later Ruth Culberg Rosenberg, 1906–1980), 1951; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, Feb. 9, 1951.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Exhibition history

  • Paris, Grand Palais, Salon d’Automne, 3e Exposition, Oct. 18-Nov. 25, 1905, cat. 1579, as Le Jardin.
  • Paris, Serres du Cours-la-Reine, Salon des artistes indépendants, 23e Exposition, Mar. 20–Apr. 30, 1907, cat. 4979, as Le Potager.
  • Paris, Galerie Bing & Cie, Les Fauves 1904 à 1908, Apr. 15–30, 1927, as Les coteaux de Bougival.
  • Paris, Galerie de la Gazette des Beaux-Arts, Les étapes de l’art contemporain: IV. Les fauves: l’Atelier Gustave Moreau, Nov.-Dec. 1934, cat. 157, as Le Potager, n.d.
  • Paris, Jeu de Paume, Origines et développement de l’art international indépendant, July 30–Oct. 31, 1937, cat. 42, as Le potager.
  • London, Wildenstein & Co., Exhibition of Two Contrasting Periods in the Work of Vlaminck, June 1939, cat. 3, as Le potager.
  • New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, Les Fauves, Nov. 13–Dec. 23, 1950, cat. 36, as Houses at Chatou, 1903.
  • New York, Museum of Modern Art, Les Fauves, Oct. 8, 1952–Jan. 4, 1953, cat. 142, as Gardens in Chatou, 1904; Minneapolis, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Jan. 21–Feb. 22, 1953; San Francisco, San Francisco Museum of Art, Mar. 13–Apr. 12, 1953; and Toronto, The Art Gallery of Toronto, May 1–31, 1953.
  • New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, Fifth Anniversary Exhibition, Sept. 29–Oct. 31, 1953, cat. 53, as Les maisons à Chatou, 1903.
  • Chicago, The Arts Club of Chicago, Les Fauves, Jan. 10–Feb. 15, 1956, cat. 26, as Houses at Chatou, before 1906.
  • Toledo, OH, Toledo Museum of Art, What is Modern Art?, Mar. 6–27, 1960, no cat.
  • Paris, Musée National d’Art Moderne, Le Fauvisme français et les débuts de l’Expressionnisme allemand, Jan. 15–Mar. 6, 1966, cat. 127, 192 (ill.), as Les Jardins à Chatou/Maisons à Chatou; Munich, Haus der Kunst, Mar. 26–May 15, 1966, as Die Gärten in Chatou/Die Häuser in Chatou.

Literature

Published references

  • Salon d’Automne, Catalogue de la 3e exposition, exh. cat. (Paris: Société du Salon d’Automne, 1905), 169, cat. 1579 (not ill.), as Le Jardin.
  • Salon des Indépendants, Catalogue de la 23e exposition, exh. cat. (Paris: Société des artistes indépendants, 1907), 317, cat. 4979, as Le potager (not ill.).
  • Galerie Bing & Cie, Les Fauves 1904 à 1908, exh. cat. (Paris: Galerie Bing et Cie, 1927), n.p., as Les coteaux de Bougival, n.d.
  • André Salmon, “Les fauves et le fauvisme,” L’Art Vivant 57 (May 1, 1927), 323 (ill.), n.d.
  • Waldemar George, “The Fauves Exhibition,” Drawing and Design 11, 12 (June 1927), 181 (ill.), as Les Côteaux de Bougival, n.d.
  • René Huyghe, “L’Histoire de l’art contemporaire,” L’Amour de l’art 14, 6 (June 1933), 130, fig. 155, as La verger, c. 1905.
  • Raymond Cogniat, Les étapes de l’art contemporain: IV. Les fauves: l’Atelier Gustave Moreau, exh. cat. (Paris: Les Exposition de Beaux Art, 1934), n.p. (ill.), cat. 157, as Le Potager, n.d.
  • Louis Vauxcelles, “Les Fauves: A Propos de l’exposition de la Gazette des Beaux-Arts,” Gazette des Beaux-Arts 6, 12 (July 1934), opp. 278, fig. 11, as Le potager, n.d.
  • Alexander Watt, “Notes from Paris,” Apollo 21, 121 (January 1935), 41 (ill.), as Le potager, n.d.
  • Jeu de Paume, Origines et développement de l’art international indépendant, exh. cat. (Paris: Les Musées, 1937), n.p., cat. 42, as Le potager (not ill.).
  • Jacques Baschet, Pour une renaissance de la peinture française (Paris, 1946), 78 (ill.), as Le potager, n.d.
  • Sidney Janis Gallery, Les Fauves, exh. cat. (New York: Sidney Janis Gallery, 1950), n.p. (ill.), cat. 36, as Houses at Chatou, 1903.

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