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Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Work, c. 1863

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 108.5 x 148 cm (42 11/16 x 58 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Widener Collection

Accession Number

1942.9.55

Artists / Makers

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (artist) French, 1824 - 1898

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Inscription

lower left: P.PUVIS DE CHAVANNES; lower center in border of oakbranches and laborer's tools: LE TRAVAIL

Provenance

Sold by the artist c. 1872 to (Durand-Ruel, New York and Paris). Hiltbrunner Collection, by 1887. (Durand-Ruel, New York and Paris). John G. Johnson [1841-1917], Philadelphia, by 1888; sold 1899 to Peter A. B. Widener [1834-1915], Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; Inheritance from the Estate of Peter A. B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park; gift 1942 to NGA.

Associated Names

Durand-Ruel et Cie
Hiltbrunner
Johnson, John G.
Widener, Joseph E.
Widener, Peter Arrell Brown

Exhibition History

1867: Exposition universelle, Paris, 1867, no. 526.

1873: Sixth Exhibition of the Society of French Artists, Durand-Ruel, London, 1873, no. 118.

1887: Celebrated Paintings by Great French Masters, National Academy of Design, New York, 1887, no. 57.

1887: Exposition de tableaux, pastels, dessins par M. Puvis de Chavannes, Galeries Durand Ruel, Paris, 1887, no. 15.

1976: Puvis de Chavannes, Palais du Louvre, Paris; National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1976-1977, no. 41.

1986: Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, State Hermitage Museum, Leningrad; State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, 1986, no. 25, repro.

1994: Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, Amsterdam, 1994, no. 28, repro.

2014: Arcadia by the Shore: The Mythic World of Puvis de Chavannes, The Bunkamura Museum of Art, Tokyo; Shimane Art Museum, Matsue, 2014, no. 12, repro.

2016: Spectaculaire Second Empire, 1852-1870, Musée d'Orsay, Paris; Dallas Museum of Art, 2016-2017, no. 196, repro. (shown only in Paris).

Bibliography

1915: Roberts, William. Pictures in the Collection of P.A.B. Widener at Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania: British and Modern French Schools, Philadelphia, 1915: unpaginated, repro.

1931: Paintings in the Collection of Joseph Widener at Lynnewood Hall. Intro. by Wilhelm R. Valentiner. Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, 1931: 196, repro.

1948: Paintings and Sculpture from the Widener Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1948 (reprinted 1959): 100, repro.

1965: Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 106.

1968: National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 93, repro.

1975: European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 276, repro.

1985: European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 321, repro.

1998: Lamia, Stephen. "Labor/Trades/Occupations." In Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography: Themes Depicted in Works of Art, edited by Helene E. Roberts. 2 vols. Chicago, 1998: 1:481