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Self-Portrait

Frédéric Bazille · 1865–66

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What the record supports

Frédéric Bazille's "Self-Portrait," an oil on canvas, dates from 1865–66. The painting measures 108.9 × 71.1 cm (42 7/8 × 28 3/8 in.). The work was purchased by the Art Institute of Chicago in 1962 with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Woods in memory of Mrs. Edward Harris Brewer, and is classified as "oil on canvas" in the "Painting and Sculpture of Europe" department. No information regarding the artist's nationality is available in the provided data.

The painting's provenance traces back to the artist's brother, Marc Bazille, until at least 1910, then to his son André Bazille, and subsequently his daughter, Mme Rachou-Bazille, by 1958. It was sold at Galerie Charpentier in Paris on June 17, 1960, and was with Wildenstein and Co., New York, by 1962 before its acquisition by the Art Institute.

This "Self-Portrait" has been featured in numerous exhibitions, including retrospectives of Bazille's work in Paris and Montpellier from 1910 to 2004, and thematic exhibitions such as "Frederic Bazille and Early Impressionism" (Chicago, 1978) and "Faces of Impressionism" (Baltimore, Houston, Cleveland, 1999-2000). It has also been cited in several publications from 1932 to 1978.

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Provenance

Ownership history

Marc Bazille, brother of the artist, until at least 1910 [lent by him to Paris 1910]; by descent to his son, André Bazille, Montpellier, until at least 1932 [according to Poulain 1932]; by descent to his daughter, Mme Rachou-Bazille, Montpellier, by 1958 [lent by her to Montpellier 1958]. Sold Galerie Charpentier, Paris, June 17, 1960, lot 54 as Frédéric Bazille à la palette, 1865. Wildenstein and Co., New York, by 1962; purchased by the Art Institute through funds from the Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Woods Endowment in memory of Mrs. Edward Harris Brewer, 1962.

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Exhibitions

Exhibition history

Paris, Sociéte du Salon d’Automne, Exposition rétrospective d’oeuvres de Frédéric Bazille, October 1–November 8, 1910, no. 13.
Montpellier, Exposition Internationale de Montpellier, rétrospective Bazille, 1927, no. 18.
Paris, Association des Étudiants Protestants, Frédéric Bazille 1841–1870, 1935, no. 5.
Montpellier, Musée Fabre, Centenaire de Bazille, May–June 1941, no. 18.
Paris, Wildenstein, Bazille: Exposition organisée au profit du Musée de Montpellier, June–Julys 1950, no. 16.
Montpellier, Musée Fabre, Des Primitifs a Nicolas de Staël: Belles Peintures de collections privées de la region montpelliéraine, April 19–May 19, 1958, no. 3
Montpellier, Musée Fabre, Frédéric Bazille, October 13–31, 1959, no. 9.
Art Institute of Chicago, Frederic Bazille and Early Impressionism, March 4–April 30, 1978, cat. 13.
Art Institute of Chicago, European Portraits 1600–1900, July 8–September 11, 1978, cat. 17.
Montpellier, France, Musee Fabre, Frédéric Bazille: Prophet of Impressionism, cat. 42, July 11-October 4, 1992; Brooklyn Museum, November 12, 1992–January 24, 1993; Memphis, Dixon Gallery and Gardens, February 14–April 25, 1993.
Baltimore Museum of Art, Faces of Impressionism: Portraits from American Collections, October 10, 1999–January 30, 2000, cat. 1; Houston, The Museum of Fine Arts, March 25–May 7, 2000; Cleveland Museum of Art, May 28–July 30, 2000.
Paris, Musée Marmottan Monet, Frédéric Bazille, October 2, 2003–January 18, 2004, no. 8.

Literature

Published references

Gaston Poulain, Bazille et ses amis (Paris: Renaissance du Livre, 1932), p. 214, no. 17.
Pierre du Colombier, “La place de Frédéric Bazille,” Candide (April 1935).
François Daulte, Frédéric Bazille et son temps (Geneva: Pierre Cailler, 1952), p. 141, 170, no. 10, (ill.).
Annual Report 1961–1962 (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1962), p. 13.
G. Wildenstein, “La Chronique des arts,” Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 61 (1963); supplement no. 1129, p.40, no. 155, fig. 155.
John Maxon, “Bazille,” Art Institute of Chicago Quarterly 57, 2 (1963), pp. 22–24 (ill.).
Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings in the Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Picture Collection, Supplement (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1965), no page.
John Maxon, “Some Recent Acquisitions,” Apollo 84, 55 (1966), p, 216, fig. 1.
André Treves, “Après les peintres de la Seine et ses affluents: Les Ecoles de Fontainebleau, Le XIXe siècle,” Le Peintre no. 390 (October 1969), pp. 14 (ill.), 16–17.
John Maxon, The Art Institute of Chicago (New York: H. N. Abrams, 1970), p. 79 (ill.); reprinted (London: Thames and Hudson, Ltd., 1977).
“Etcetera, news and views of the world of art,” Art Gallery 21, 3 (1978), p. 21 (ill.).
Richard Fremantle, “Three Exhibitions in America,” Burlington Magazine 120 (1978), fig. 102.

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