The Races at Longchamp, c. 1891

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 73.66 × 92.71 cm (29 × 36 1/2 in.)

framed: 83.82 × 102.24 × 7.62 cm (33 × 40 1/4 × 3 in.)

Credit Line

Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

Accession Number

2014.18.62

Artists / Makers

Jean-Louis Forain (artist) French, 1852 - 1931

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right: j. l. forain

Provenance

Tchoukin, 1900. (Durand-Ruel, Paris and New York), 1922. Walther Halvorsen [1887-1972], 1922. (Svensk-Franska Konstgalleriet, Stockholm); sold by 1926 to Thorsten Laurin, Stockholm;[1] possibly (sale, Stockholm, 1939). Paul Mellon [1907-1999], Upperville, Virginia; bequest 1999 to NGA, with life interest to his wife, Rachel Lambert Mellon [1910-2014].

[1] Lent by Laurin to Fransk Konst i Svensk privat Ägo, Liljevalches Konsthall, Stockholm, January 1926, no. 202. Also listed in Ragnar Hoppe, Katalog över Thorsten Laurins Samling, Stockholm, 1936: 203, no. 434, pl. 237.

[2] Lent to Degas' Racing World, Wildenstein, New York, 1968: no. 91.

Associated Names

Durand-Ruel et Cie
Halvorsen, Walther
Laurin, Thorsten
Mellon, Paul
Svensk-Franska Konstgalleriet

Exhibition History

1926: Fransk Konst i Svensk privat Ägo, Liljevalches Konsthall, Stockholm, January 1926, no. 202.

1968: Degas' Racing World, A Loan Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings and Bronzes for the Benefit of The National Museum of Racing, Saratoga, Wildenstein, New York, 1968, no. 91, repro.

Bibliography

1936: Hoppe, Ragnar. Katalog över Thorsten Laurins Samling. Stockholm, 1936: 203, no. 434, pl. 237.

1978: Browse, Lillian. Forain: The Painter, 1852-1931. London, 1978: 106, no. 26, repro.