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The Milliner
by Eva Gonzalès
Inscriptions
Signed upper right: "Eva Gonzalès"
Provenance
Estate of the artist; sold, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, February 20, 1885, lot 74, to Henri Guerard (died 1897) (the artist's husband) [Sainsaulieu 1990]; by descent to his second wife, Jeanne Guerard-Gonzalès (died 1924) (the artist's sister) [Sainsaulieu 1990]; by descent to the artist's son, Jean-Raymond Guerard [Sainsaulieu 1990]. Sold by Paul Rosenberg, New York, to the Art Institute, 1972.
Exhibition history
Paris, Cercle Artistique et Littéraire, “Exposition Spéciale des Artistes Femmes,” 1882, cat. 156. Paris, Palais des Champs-Elysées, “Salon,” 1883, cat. 2852. Paris, Salons de la Vie Moderne, “Eva Gonzalès,” 1885, cat. 86. Paris, Bernheim-Jeune, “Eva Gonzalès,” 1914, cat. 24. Paris, Galerie Marcel Bernheim, “Eva Gonzalès,” 1932, cat. 30. Paris, Alfred Daber, “Eva Gonzalès” 1952, cat. 23. Monte Carlo, Principauté de Monaco, Sporting, “Eva Gonzalès,” 1952, cat. 22. Paris, Alfred Daber, “Eva Gonzalès,” 1959, cat. 31. The Art Institute of Chicago, May 1, 1987-July 24, 1989. The Art Institute of Chicago, "Impressionism, Fashion & Modernity", June 26-September 22, 2013, pp. 224-225, fig. 6 (ill.), cat. by Gloria Groom et. al.
Publications
H. E., “Dessins, Fusains, Pastels (Salon de 1883),” Journal des Artistes (June 1, 1883), no. 22. Paul Leroi, “Le Salon de 1883, Aquarellistes Français et Étrangers,” L’Art (July-September 1883), p. 79. Philippe Burty, Catalogue de l’Exposition des Peintures et Pastels d’Eva Gonzalès (Paris, 1885), p. 15. Edmond Bazire, Catalogue de Ventes des Tableaux, Pastels-Aquarelles par Eva Gonzalès (Paris, 1885), p. 12. L. Dimier, “Chronique des Arts,” L’Action Française (April 12, 1914), p. 4. Francois Monod, “L’Impressioninisme Féminin,” Art et Décoration (May 1914), p. 3. Paul Bayle, “Eva Gonzalès,” La Rénaissance (June 1932), p. 115. Fabien Solar, “Expositions, Rétrospective Eva Gonzalès à la Galerie Marcel Bernheim,” Les Échos d’Art (August 1932), p. 4. Jean Bouret, “Eva Gonzalès, Muse Inspirée de Manet,” Les Arts (March 3, 1950), p. 4. Claude Roger-Marx, “Un Peintre du Bonheur: Eva Gonzalès,” Le Figaro Littéraire, 204 (March 18, 1950), p. 8. Claude Roger-Marx, “Eva Gonzalès,” Arts (July 14, 1950), p. 8. Claude Roger-Marx, Eva Gonzalès (Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 1950), pp. 19-20, and 25 (ill.). “Recent Museum Acquisitions,” The Burlington Magazine, 115, (August 1973), p. 534 (ill.). Sophie, Monneret, L’Impressionnisme et son Epoque, I (Paris, 1978), p. 251. Richard Brettell and Suzanne Folds McCullagh, Degas in The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, 1984), p. 132 (ill.). Tamar Garb, Women Impressionists (Oxford, 1986), p. 53 (ill.). "An Intimate Vision: Women Impressionists," exh. cat. (Bilbao, 2001). Hollis Clayson, Painted love: Prostitution in French Art of the Impressionist Era, 2nd ed. (New Haven, 2003).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Eva Gonzalès / French, 1849-1883
- Date
- c. 1877
- Medium
- Pastel on canvas
- Dimensions
- 45 × 37 cm (17 3/4 × 14 5/8 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- oil pastel
- Style
- Impressionism
- Place
- France
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Credit line
- Olivia Shaler Swan Memorial Collection
- Accession no.
- 1972.362
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