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    Douarnenez in Sunshine
    Maxime Maufra. Douarnenez in Sunshine, 1897. The Art Institute of Chicago. Public domain (CC0).
    AT-00001523

    Public data from the Art Institute of Chicago. Learn more

    Douarnenez in Sunshine

    by Maxime Maufra

    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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