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Still Life: Corner of a Table
Henri Fantin-Latour · 1873
Provenance
Ownership history
- Elizabeth Ruth Edwards (c. 1833-1907), Fantin-Latour’s art agent, London. Gustave Tempelaere (died 1904), Paris in 1901 [Tempelaere inventory no. 4679; see letter from Sylvie Brame to Gloria Groom, dated April 10, 2002, in curatorial file]. Antonio Mancini (died 1930), Rome by 1906 until at least 1924 [acc. to Bénédite1906 and Gibson 1924]. Possibly E. Lernoud, Paris [acc. to Ottawa 1983; mentioned in Paris 1955 as the owner preceding Mancini, but this cannot be confirmed]. Mme. Vincent Daniel, Rennes by 1936 [acc. to letter from Philippe Brame to Gloria Groom, dated April 30, 2001, in curatorial file; in Grenoble 1936 she is incorrectly listed as Madame Vincent Danielo, Vannes; in Ottawa 1983, she is incorrectly located in Vennes]; sold to Hector Brame, Paris in 1951 [acc. to letter from Philippe Brame citied above]; Hector Brame and César de Hauke, Paris; sold to the Art Institute in September 1951.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Paris, Palais de Champs-Élysées, Salon de 1873, Explication des Ouvrages de Peinture, Sculpture, Architecture, Gravure et Lithographie, Des Artistes Vivants, May 1873, cat. 557.
- London, Society of French Artists, Seventh Exhibition, 1873, cat. 83.
- Paris, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Exhibition Rétrospective des oeuvres de Fantin-Latour, 1906, cat. 70.
- Grenoble, Musée-Bibliothèque de Grenoble, Centenaire de Henri Fantin-Latour, August- October 1936, cat. 127 (ill.).
- Paris, Musée de l’Orangerie, De David à Toulouse-Lautrec: Chefs d’Oeuvres des collections americaines, 1955, cat. 27 (ill.).
- The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, The Past Rediscovered: French Painting 1800-1900, 1969, cat. 33.
- The Art Institute of Chicago, Art at the Time of the Centennial, 1976, no cat.
- Paris, Galeries nationaled du Grand Palais, Fantin-Latour, Nov. 9, 1982–Feb. 7, 1983; Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, Mar. 17–May 22, 1983; San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of Honour,June 180ûSep. 6, 1983, cat. 97 (Ottawa only).
- Washington, The Phillips Collection, Impressionist Still Lifes, September 22, 2001–January 13, 2002; traveled to Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, February 17–June 9, 2002, pp. 29, 100–1 (ill.), 207.
Literature
Published references
- Théodore Banville, “Sur le Salon de 1873,” Le National (15 May 1873), unpaginated.
- “Fine Arts: The Salon, Paris (Fourth and Concluding Notice),” The Athenaeum (June 7, 1873), p. 731.
- Paul Mantz, “Le Salon IV” Le Temps (June 18, 1873), p. 1.
- Georges Lafenestre, “Salon de 1873 (2e et dernier article),” Gazette des Beaux-Arts 6 (1873), pp. 29-61, p. 60.
- G.A. Simcox, “The Dudley Gallery–The Society of French Artists,” The Academy (December 1, 1873), p. 445.
- Léonce Bénédite, L’Oeuvre de Fantin Latour, recueil de cinquante reproductions, d’après les principaux chefs-d’oeuvres du maître réunis à l’occasion de l’exposition organisée à l’Ecole des Beaux-Arts (Paris, 1906), no. 30.
- Adolphe Jullien, Fantin Latour: Sa Vie et ses Amitiés (Paris, 1909), p. 45.
- Henri Floury, ed., Catalogue de L’Oeuvre Complet, (1849-1904) de Fantin-Latour (1849-1904) (Paris, 1911), no. 671.
- Frank Gibson, The Art of Henri Fantin-Latour: His Life and Work (London, 1924), pl. 34, pp. 59, 117, 119-20, 209.
- Gustave Kahn, Fantin Latour (London, 1927), pp. 22-26.
- Art Institute of Chicago Quarterly 44 (November 15, 1952), p. 69 (ill.).
- Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings in the Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Picture Collection (Chicago, 1961), p. 160 (ill.).
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