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Woman and Child at the Well
Camille Pissarro · 1882
Provenance
Ownership history
- The artist (d. 1903); sold to Durand-Ruel, Paris, August 5, 1882 [this and the five following per Pissarro and Snollaerts 2005]. Durand-Ruel, New York, by August 5, 1882; sold to William Loring Andrews, New York, February 27, 1888; sold back to Durand-Ruel, New York, May 21, 1891; sold to Cyrus J. Lawrence, New York, December 19, 1891; sold back to Durand-Ruel, New York, January 2, 1892; sold to Potter Palmer (d. 1902), Chicago, March 2, 1892, for $750 [per Durand-Ruel Archives, New York stock book 1888-1892, no. 860, as Femme au puits, 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
- Tours, Société des Amis des Arts de la Touraine, [paintings lent by Durand-Ruel], [Sept.–Oct.], 1882, no cat. found.
- Paris, 9, boulevard de la Madeleine, Oeuvres de C. Pissarro, May 1–25, 1883, cat. 10, as Le Puits.
- Possibly New York, American Art Galleries, Works in Oil and Pastel by the Impressionists of Paris, Apr. 10–28, 1886, cat. 145; New York, National Academy of Design, May 25–June 30, 1886, as Woman and Child.
- New York, National Academy of Design, Celebrated Paintings by Great French Masters, May 25–June 30, 1887, cat. 171, as Women at a Well.
- Art Institute of Chicago, “A Century of Progress”: Loan Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture for 1934, June 1–Oct. 31, 1934, cat. 261.
- New York, Wildenstein, Camille Pissarro, His Place in Art, Oct. 24–Nov. 24, 1945, cat. 20 (ill.).
- Arts Club of Chicago, Paintings by Camille Pissarro, Jan. 8–30, 1946, cat. 7.
- University of Chicago, Lexington Hall, Mar. 4–15, 1957, no cat.
- Tulsa, Philbrook Art Center, French and American Impressionism, Oct. 2–Nov. 26, 1967, cat. 11.
- Albi, Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Trésors impressionnistes du Musée de Chicago, June 27–Aug. 31, 1980, cat. 24 (ill.).
- Tokyo, Isetan Museum of Art, Retrospective Camille Pissarro, Mar. 9¬–Apr. 9, 1984, cat. 36 (ill.); Fukuoka Art Museum, Apr. 25–May 20, 1984; Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, May 26–July 1, 1984.
- Leningrad [St. Petersburg], Hermitage Museum, Ot Delakrua do Matissa: shedevry frantsuzskoĭ zhivopici XIX-nachala XX veka, iz Muieia Metropoliten v Niu-Ĭorke i Khudozhestvennogo Instituta v Chikago [From Delacroix to Matisse: Great Paintings From the XIX century to the Beginning of the XXth century From Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Art Institute of Chicago], March 15-May 19, 1988, cat. 26; Moscow, Pushkin Museum, June 10-July 30, 1988.
Literature
Published references
- Paul Labarrière, “Exposition Pissarro, 9 boulevard de la Madeleine,” Journal des artistes, June 1, 1883, p. 3.
- Henry Morel, “Camille Pissarro,” Le réveil, June 24, 1883, p. 1.
- Possibly American Art Association, Works in Oil and Pastel by the Impressionists of Paris, exh. cat. (J. J. Little/American Art Galleries, 1886), p. 26, cat. 145.
- Possibly American Art Association, Works in Oil and Pastel by the Impressionists of Paris, exh. cat. (National Academy of Design, 1886), p. 42, cat. 145.
- American Association for the Promotion and Encouragement of Art, Celebrated Paintings by Great French Masters, exh. cat. (National Academy of Design, 1887), p. 42, cat. 171.
- Art Institute of Chicago, “Accessions and Loans,” Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago 16, 3 (May 1922), p. 47.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Handbook of Sculpture, Architecture, and Paintings, pt. 2, Paintings (Art Institute of Chicago, 1922), p. 69, cat. 840.
- Art Institute of Chicago, A Guide to the Paintings in the Permanent Collection (Art Institute of Chicago, 1925), p. 148, cat. 840.
- Art Institute of Chicago, A Guide to the Paintings in the Permanent Collection (Art Institute of Chicago, 1932), p. 167, cat. 22.436.
- Daniel Catton Rich, “Französische Impressionisten im Art Institute zu Chicago,” Pantheon: Monatsschrift für Freunde und Sammler der Kunst 11, 3 (Mar. 1933), pp. 78, 79 (ill.). 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. 43, cat. 261.
- Art Institute of Chicago, A Brief Illustrated Guide to the Collections (Art Institute of Chicago, 1935), p. 29.
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