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Charles-François Daubigny

Washerwomen at the Oise River near Valmondois, 1865

West Building, Main Floor — Gallery 92

Medium

oil on wood

Dimensions

overall: 24 x 46 cm (9 7/16 x 18 1/8 in.)

framed: 42.9 x 63.8 x 8.9 cm (16 7/8 x 25 1/8 x 3 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of R. Horace Gallatin

Accession Number

1949.1.3

Artists / Makers

Charles-François Daubigny (artist) French, 1817 - 1878

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Inscription

lower left: Daubigny 1865

Provenance

Descamps-Scrive de Lille collection. (Galerie Georges Petit, Paris); sold to Meyer Goodfriend, New York;[1] (his sale, American Art Association, New York, 4 January 1923, no. 71); purchased by A.A. Aron, New York; sold 5 January 1923 to (M. Knoedler & Co., New York);[2] sold before 1941 to R. Horace Gallatin [1871-1948], New York;[3] gift 1949 to NGA.

[1] According to Goodfriend sales catalogue of 4 January 1923.

[2] According to the Getty Provenance Index, citing Knoedler's records, Aron sold the painting to Knoedler's on the day following the American Art Association's Goodfriend sale. It is possible he purchased the painting on Knoedler's behalf; press reports and annotated sales catalogue list Knoedler as the purchaser.

[3] Gallatin owned the painting by 1941 when he made the initial offer of his collection to the National Gallery of Art, which was accepted on an "if and when" basis; see NGA curatorial files.

Associated Names

American Art Association
Aron, A.A.
Descamps-Scrive de Lille
Galerie Georges Petit
Gallatin, R. Horace
Goodfriend, Meyer
Knoedler & Company, M.

Exhibition History

1968: Opening exhibition and loan for display with permanent collection, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, 1968-1969, no cat.

1969: Loan for display with permanent collection, Museum of Fine Arts. St. Petersburg, Florida, 1969-1970.

1999: Around Impressionism: French Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1999, no cat.

1999: Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art; Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, 1999, no. 9, repro., as Landscape with Figures.

2011: Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; The National Art Center, Tokyo; Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, 2011, not in catalogue (shown only in Tokyo and Kyoto).

Bibliography

1965: Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 36.

1968: National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 29, repro.

1975: European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 92, repro.

1976: Hellebranth, Robert. Charles-François Daubigny, 1817-1878. Morges, 1976: 64, no. 173, repro.

1985: European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 112, repro.

2000: Eitner, Lorenz. French Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part I: Before Impressionism. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 2000: 148-150, color repro.