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The Place du Havre, Paris
Camille Pissarro · 1893
Provenance
Ownership history
- The artist (d. 1903); sold to Durand-Ruel, Paris, March 17, 1893 [per Pissarro and Snollaerts 2005]; sold to Potter Palmer (d. 1902), Chicago, June 28, 1894, for $1,200 [per Durand-Ruel Archives, New York Stock no. 1168 and Paris Stock no. 2707, as Place du Hârve, as confirmed by Caroline Durand-Ruel Godfroy, Durand-Ruel Archives, to the Art Institute of Chicago, Dec. 13, 1994, curatorial object file]; by descent to the Potter family, Chicago; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1922.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Exposition d’oeuvres récentes de Camille Pissarro, Mar. 15–30, 1893, cat. 40, as la Place du Havre, 1893.
- Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Exposition Camille Pissarro: Tableaux, Aquarelles, Pastels, Gouaches, Mar. 3–21, 1894, cat. 8, as Cour du Havre.
- Renaissance Society of The University of Chicago, Paintings of Sea and Land and City Streets, June 8–Aug. 30, 1933, cat. 3.
- Arts Club of Chicago, Paintings by Camille Pissarro, Jan. 8–30, 1946, cat. 5.
- Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, So This Is Paris: Exhibition of Paintings (Voici Paris: Exposition de tableaux), Oct. 4–29, 1950, cat. 35.
- Chicago, College of Jewish Studies, Loan Exhibition, Jan. 12–Feb. 2, 1953.
- Park Forest (Ill.) Art Center, Mar. 25–Apr. 22, 1956, no cat.
- University of Chicago, Lexington Hall, Mar. 4–15, 1957, no cat.
- Albi, Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Trésors impressionnistes du Musée de Chicago, June 27–Aug. 31, 1980, cat. 25 (ill.).
- London, Hayward Gallery, Pissarro: Camille Pissarro 1830–1903, Oct. 30, 1980–Jan. 11, 1981, cat. 73 (ill.); Paris, Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Jan. 30–Apr. 27, 1981; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, May 19–Aug. 9, 1981.
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art, A Day in the Country: Impressionism and the French Landscape, June 28–Sept. 16, 1984, cat. 34 (ill.); Art Institute of Chicago, Oct. 23, 1984–Jan. 6, 1985; Paris, Galeries Nationales d’Exposition du Grand Palais, as L’impressionnisme et le paysage français, Feb. 4–Apr. 22, 1985, cat. 73 (ill.).
- Tokyo, Seibu Museum of Art, Shikago bijutsukan insho-ha ten [The impressionist tradition: Masterpieces from the Art Institute of Chicago], Oct. 18–Dec. 17, 1985, cat. 62 (ill.); Fukuoka Art Museum, Jan. 5–Feb. 2, 1986; Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Mar. 4–Apr. 13, 1986.
Literature
Published references
- Galeries Durand-Ruel, Exposition d’oeuvres récentes de Camille Pissarro, exh. cat. (Durand-Ruel, 1893), cat. 40.
- Galerie Durand-Ruel, Exposition Camille Pissarro: Tableaux, Aquarelles, Pastels, Gouaches: Catalogue, exh. cat. (Durand-Ruel, 1894), p. 3, cat. 8.
- “Les Exposions. M. Camille Pissarro,” L’art français, Mar. 25, 1893, p. 11.
- “Beaux Arts. L’exposition de Camille Pissarro,” L’intransigeant, Apr. 4, 1893, p. 3.
- Paul Dupray, “Les salons. Exposition de M. Camille Pissarro,” Le journal des artistes, Mar. 18, 1894, p. 510.
- Flammèche, “Échos. Notes d’art,” L’estafette, Mar. 21, 1894, p. 2.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Handbook of Sculpture, Architecture, and Paintings, pt. 2, Paintings (Art Institute of Chicago, 1922), p. 68, cat. 838.
- 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. 148, cat. 838.
- Renaissance Society of The University of Chicago, Catalogue of Paintings of Sea and Land and City Streets, exh. cat. (Renaissance Society of The University of Chicago, 1933), cat. 3.
- Daniel Catton Rich, “Französische Impressionisten im Art Institute zu Chicago,” Pantheon: Monatsschrift für freunde und sammler der kunst 11, 3 (Mar. 1933), p. 78. Translated by C. C. H. Drechsel as “French Impressionists in the Art Institute of Chicago,” Pantheon/Cicerone (Mar. 1933), p. 18.
- George Slocombe, “Papa Pissarro,” Coronet 4, 1 (May 1, 1938), p. 23 (ill.).
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