The Breton Wedding, 1937

East Building, Ground Level — Gallery 103-D

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 71.1 x 123 cm (28 x 48 7/16 in.)

framed: 97.8 x 148.3 x 6.9 cm (38 1/2 x 58 3/8 x 2 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

Accession Number

1985.64.37

Artists / Makers

Georges Rouault (artist) French, 1871 - 1958

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Inscription

lower right: GRouault

Provenance

(Ambroise Vollard [1867-1939], Paris). (sale, Sotheby's, London, 30 March 1966, no. 60); purchased by (P. & D. Colnaghi, London and New York) for Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, Virginia; gift 1985 to NGA.

Associated Names

Colnaghi & Co., Ltd., P. & D.
Mellon, Paul
Sotheby's, London
Vollard, Ambroise

Exhibition History

1966: Rouault, Edinburgh International Festival, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1966, no. 72, repro.

1989: Loan for display with permanent collection, Mint Museum, Carlotte, North Carolina, 1989-1992.

1996: Loan for display with permanent collection, Baum Gallery of Fine Art, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, 1996-1997.

2004: Extended loan for use by Secretary Alphonso Jackson, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C., 2004-2008.

2008: Extended loan for use by Secretary Steve Preston, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C., 2008.