
Moulin de la Galette
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec · 1889
Provenance
Ownership history
- Joseph Albert. Mme Montandon, Paris, by February 1890. Paul Gallimard, Paris. Paul Rosenberg by 1924 [see Chicago 1924/5]; Annie Swan Coburn (Mrs. Lewis L. Coburn), Chicago; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1933
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Paris, Exposition des Indépendants, 1889, cat. 257.
- Brussels, Salon des XX, 1890.
- Paris, Salon des Arts Libéraux, 1891.
- Paris, Galerie Goupil, Exposition, 1893.
- Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel, H. de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1902, cat. 71, as Le Bal du Moulin de la Galette.
- Paris, Musée des Arts Decoratifs,Peintures et Lithographies originales de H. de Toulouse Lautrec 1864-1901, January 24-February 20, cat. 2.
- Paris, Galerie Manzi-Joyant, Exposition Retrospective de l’oeuvre de H. de Toulouse-Lautrec, June 15-July 11, 1914, p. 15 cat. 76 as Au Moulin de la Galette.
- Chicago, Art Institute, Arts Club, Catalogue of an Exhibition of Paintings by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, December 23, 1924-January 25, 1925, cat. 6 as Moulin de la Galette.
- Chicago, Art Institute, Loan Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings, Prints and Posters by Toulouse-Lautrec, December 23, 1930-January 18, 1931, pp. 16, 62 cat. 9 (ill.) as A Dance at the Moulin de la Galette, 1889.
- Chicago, Art Institute, Exhibition of the Mrs. L. L. Coburn Collection: Modern Paintings & Water Colors, April 6-October 9, 1932, pp. 6, 8, 24 cat. 37 as A Dance at the Moulin de la Galette, 1889.
- Chicago, Art Institute, Catalogue of A Century of Progress Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, Lent from American Collections, June 1-November 1, 1933, p. 53 cat. 372 as A Dance at the Moulin de la Galette, 1889.
- Chicago, Art Institute, Catalogue of A Century of Progress Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, June 1-November 1, 1934, p. 50 cat. 327 as A Dance at the Moulin de la Galette, 1889.
Literature
Published references
- M. G. Dortu, "Toulouse-Lautrec et son oeuvre." (New York, 1971, no. 335).
- Dominique Jarrassé, "Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa: Entre le mythe et la modernité." Paris, Philippe Sers, 1991, plate 18 (color).
- Gale B. Murray, "Toulouse-Lautrec: The Formative Years, 1878-92." Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1991, fig. 109 (color).
- Gale B. Murray, "Toulouse-Lautrec: A Retrospective." (New York: Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, Inc., 1992), illustrated in color p. 95.
- The Age of Impressionism at the Art Institute of Chicago (New Haven and London, 2008), cat. 61, pp. 130-31 (ill.).
- Musée d'Orsay, Splendeurs & misères, Images de la prostitution, 1850-1910, publisher Flammarion, Paris (Septembre 2015). Cette exposition a étè organisée par le musée d'Orsay, Paris et le Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, front cover detail, [232] p.249: Toulouse-Lautrec, At the Moulin Rouge (1928.610), [61] p.109:Toulouse-Lautrec, Moulin de la Galette (1933.458), and [100] p. 138-139 Courbet, Mérè Grégoire (1930.78).
- Van Gogh Museum in Collaboration with Musée d'Orsay, Easy Virtue. Prostitution in French Art, 1850-1910 (2016) p. 43 - Toulouse-Lautre, Moulin de la Galette (1933.458) [24] , p. 94 - Courbet, Mèré Grégoire (1930.78) [75].
- Pedrosa, Adriano and Luciano Migliaccio. Toulouse-Lautrec em Vermelho [in Red], exh. cat. (Museu de Arte de São Paulo, 2017), p. 35, 43, 134, img. 66 [130], 136-137, 144-145.
- Stéphane Guégan, Toulouse-Lautrec: Résolument modern, exh. cat. (Paris: Musée d’Orsay; RMN – Grand Palaise, 2019), 110-110 cat. 87, 330.
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