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Near the Lake

Pierre-Auguste Renoir · 1879–80

Provenance

Ownership history

Durand-Ruel, Paris, Sept. 24, 1886 [per Durand-Ruel, Paris, stock book for 1884–90 (no. 1340, Au bord du lac), as confirmed by Paul-Louis Durand-Ruel and Flavie Durand-Ruel, Durand-Ruel Archives, Oct. 5, 2010, curatorial object file]; acquired by Durand-Ruel, New York, about 1888 [per Durand-Ruel, New York, stock book for 1888–91 (no. 141, Au bord du lac), as confirmed by Paul-Louis Durand-Ruel and Flavie Durand-Ruel, Durand-Ruel Archives, Oct. 5, 2010, curatorial object file]; sold to Potter Palmer (d. 1902), Chicago, Mar. 2, 1892, for $900. [per Durand-Ruel, New York, stock book for 1888–93 (no. 197, Au bord du lac), as confirmed by Paul-Louis Durand-Ruel and Flavie Durand-Ruel, Durand-Ruel Archives, Oct. 5, 2010, curatorial object file]; by decent to the Palmer family; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1922.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Exhibition history

New York, National Academy of Design, Celebrated Paintings by Great French Masters, May 25–June 30, 1887, cat. 185.
Art Institute of Chicago, “A Century of Progress”: Loan Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, May 23–Nov. 1, 1933, cat. 347.
Art Institute of Chicago, “A Century of Progress”: Loan Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture for 1934, June 1–Oct. 31, 1934, cat. 236.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Apr. 4–May 18, 1952, no cat.
Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings by Renoir, Feb. 3–Apr. 1, 1973, cat. 29 (ill.).
Washington, D.C., Phillips Collection, Impressionists on the Seine: A Celebration of Renoir’s “Luncheon of the Boating Party,” Sept. 21, 1996–Feb. 23, 1997, cat. 50 (ill.).
Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, Renoir’s Portraits: Impressions of an Age, June 27–Sept. 14, 1997, not in cat.; Art Institute of Chicago, Oct. 17, 1997–Jan. 4, 1998; Fort Worth, Tex., Kimbell Art Museum, Feb. 8–Apr. 26, 1998 (Chicago only).
London, National Gallery, Renoir Landscapes, 1865–1883, Feb. 21–May 20, 2007, cat. 49 (ill.); Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, June 8–Sept. 9, 2007; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Oct. 4, 2007–Jan. 6, 2008.
Fort Worth, Tex., Kimbell Art Museum, The Impressionists: Master Paintings from the Art Institute of Chicago, June 29–Nov. 2, 2008, cat. 27 (ill.).
Paris, Musée d’Orsay, Renoir in Love, Mar. 17–July 19, 2026; London, National Gallery, Oct. 3, 2026–Jan. 31, 2027; Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Feb. 20–June 30, 2027.

Literature

Published references

American Association for the Promotion and Encouragement of Art, Catalogue of Celebrated Paintings by Great French Masters: Brought to This Country from Paris, for Exhibition Only, exh. cat. (National Academy of Design, New York, 1887), p. 43, no. 185.
Art Institute of Chicago, Handbook of Sculpture, Architecture, and Paintings, pt. 2, Paintings (Art Institute of Chicago, 1922), p. 69, cat. 846.
Art Institute of Chicago, “Accessions and Loans,” Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago 16, 3 (May 1922), p. 47.
Art Institute of Chicago, A Guide to the Paintings in the Permanent Collection (Art Institute of Chicago, 1925), p. 150, cat. 846.
M. C., “Renoirs in the Institute,” Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago 19, 3 (Mar. 1925), pp. 32 (ill.), 33.
Art Institute of Chicago, Catalogue of “A Century of Progress”: Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture; Lent from American Collections, ed. Daniel Catton Rich, 3rd ed., exh. cat. (Art Institute of Chicago, 1933), p. 49, cat. 347.
Daniel Catton Rich, “Französische Impressionisten im Art Institute zu Chicago,” Pantheon: Monatsschrift für Freunde und Sammler der Kunst 11, 3 (Mar. 1933), p. 77. 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, 1934, ed. Daniel Catton Rich, exh. cat. (Art Institute of Chicago, 1934), p. 40, cat. 236.
“Technique of Painting—II, A Study of Impressionism,” Coronet 6, 2 (June 1, 1939), p. 102 (ill.).
Art Institute of Chicago, “The United States Now an Art Publishing Center,” Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago 36, 2 (Feb. 1942), p. 30.
Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings in the Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Picture Collection (Art Institute of Chicago, 1961), p. 396.
François Daulte, Auguste Renoir: Catalogue raisonné de l’oeuvre peint, vol. 1, Figures, 1860–1890 (Durand-Ruel, 1971), pp. 232–33, cat. 306 (ill.).

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