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Henri Rousseau

Boy on the Rocks, 1895/1897

Not on View

Medium

oil on linen

Dimensions

overall: 55.4 x 45.7 cm (21 13/16 x 18 in.)

framed: 84.1 x 74.3 cm (33 1/8 x 29 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Chester Dale Collection

Accession Number

1963.10.63

Artists / Makers

Henri Rousseau (artist) French, 1844 - 1910

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right: H. Rousseau

Provenance

(sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 29 April 1927, no. 74); purchased by Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York; bequest 1963 to NGA.

Associated Names

Dale, Chester
Drouot, Hôtel

Exhibition History

1928: Loan Exhibition of Modern French Art from the Chester Dale Collection for the Benefit of the French Hospital of New York, Wildenstein Galleries, 1928, no. 36

1942: Henri Rousseau, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1942, unnumbered cat., repro.

1943: Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1943-1951, unnumbered cat., repro.

1965: The Chester Dale Bequest, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965, unnumbered checklist.

2005: Henri Rousseau: Jungles in Paris, Tate Modern, London; Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2005-2006, no. 9, repro. (shown only in Washington).

2018: Outliers and American Vanguard Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington; High Museum of Art, Atlanta; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2018-2019, no. 32 (shown only in Washington).

Bibliography

1929: Dale, Maud. Before Manet to Modigliani from the Chester Dale Collection. New York, 1929: no. 67, repro.

1943: Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. Philadelphia, 1943:, unpaginated, repro.

1961: Bouret, Jean. Henri Rousseau; Catalogue raisonne. Neuchatel, 1961: no.84.

1963: MacNeil, Neil. "Chester Dale: Collector." McCalls (November 1963): 124, repro.

1965: Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 117.

1965: Twentieth Century French Paintings & Sculpture of the French School in the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965 (rev. ed.): 80, repro.

1968: National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 104, repro.

1970: Vallier, Dora. L'opera completa di Rousseau il Doganiere. Paris: Flammarion, 1970.

1975: European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 312, repro.

1984: Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 536, no. 807, color repro.

1985: European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 358, repro.

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