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Douarnenez in Sunshine
Provenance
The artist; purchased by Joseph Durand-Ruel, Paris, December 1897 [according to a letter from Caroline Durand-Ruel Godfroy, Durand-Ruel, to Gloria Groom dated October 23, 1992, in curatorial file; Durand-Ruel stock book no. 4471]; sold to Durand-Ruel, New York, June 12, 1901 [according to the letter cited above; Durand-Ruel stock book no. 2612]; given to the Art Institute, December 13, 1905.
Exhibition history
Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress: Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, June 1–November 1, 1934, cat. 286.
Publications
Art Institute of Chicago, Twenty-Seventh Annual Report: June 1, 1905–June 1, 1906 (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1906), p. 54. Art Institute of Chicago, General Catalogue of Sculpture, Paintings and Other Objects (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1907), p. 219, no. 416. Art Institute of Chicago, General Catalogue of Sculpture, Paintings and Other Objects (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1910), p. 196, no. 416. Art Institute of Chicago, General Catalogue of Paintings, Sculpture and Other Objects in the Museum (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1913), p. 138, no. 416. Art Institute of Chicago, General Catalogue of Paintings, Sculpture and Other Objects in the Museum (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1914), p. 144, no. 416. Art Institute of Chicago, Catalogue of Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture and Architecture (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1917), p. 141, no. 342. Art Institute of Chicago, Handbook of Sculpture, Architecture, Paintings, and Drawings (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1920), p. 36, no. 342. Art Institute of Chicago, Handbook of Sculpture, Architecture and Paintings (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1922), p. 37, no. 342. Art Institute of Chicago, Handbook of Sculpture, Architecture, and Paintings (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1923), p. 37, no. 342. Art Institute of Chicago, A Guide to the Paintings in the Permanent Collection (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1925), p. 145, no. 342. Arsène Alexandre, Maxime Maufra: peintre marin et rustique (1861–1918) (Paris: Éditions des Galeries Georges Petit, 1926), p. 201. Art Institute of Chicago, A Guide to the Paintings in the Permanent Collection (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1932), p. 162. Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings in the Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Picture Collection (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1961), p. 307.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Maxime Maufra (French, 1861–1918)
- Date
- 1897
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 59.7 × 73.7 cm (23 1/2 × 29 in.); Framed: 79.3 × 92.8 × 5.8 cm (31 3/16 × 36 1/2 × 2 1/4 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- oil on canvas
- Style
- nineteenth century
- Place
- France
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture of Europe
- Credit line
- Gift of Joseph Durand Ruel
- Accession no.
- 1905.335
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