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GUSTAVE CAILLEBOTTE (1848-1894)
Le bassin d'Argenteuil
oil on canvas
25 3/4 x 32 in. (65.5 x 81.4 cm.)
Painted in Petit Gennevilliers circa 1882-1883
Provenance
Estate of the artist.
Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Paris (acquired from the above, 15 June 1894).
Jean-Baptiste Faure, Paris (acquired from the above, 16 June 1894).
Louis Maurice and Louise Victoria Faure, Paris (by descent from the above, until at least 1924).
Private collection, United States.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 14 May 1985, lot 7.
Samuel Josefowitz, Lausanne (acquired at the above sale).
Private collection, Europe; sale, Christie's, New York, 7 May 2002, lot 17.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
J.-B. Faure, Notice sur la collection J.-B. Faure, suivie du catalogue des tableaux formant cette collection, Paris, 1902, no. 2 (dated 1872).
J. Rewald, The History of Impressionism, New York, 1946, p. 292 (illustrated; dated circa 1874).
J. Rewald, The History of Impressionism, New York, 1973, p. 350 (illustrated; dated circa 1874).
M. Berhaut, Caillebotte: Sa vie et son œuvre, catalogue raisonné des peintures et pastels, Paris, 1978, pp. 14 and 159, no. 230 (illustrated in color, p. 67; illustrated again, p. 159).
M. Berhaut and S. Pietri, Gustave Caillebotte Catalogue raisonné des peintures et pastels, Paris, 1994, p. 156, no. 216 (illustrated; illustrated again in color on the frontispiece).
M. Morton and G.T.M. Shackelford, Gustave Caillebotte The Painter's Eye, exh. cat., National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2015, p. 248 (illustrated, fig. 9).
D. Marchesseau, ed., Gustave Caillebotte Impressionniste et moderne, exh. cat., Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, 2021, p. 198 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Exposition rétrospective d'œuvres de G. Caillebotte, June 1894, p. 6, no. 75 (titled Bateaux à Argenteuil and dated 1888).
Paris, Grand Palais des Champs-Elysées, Société du Salon d'Automne: Caillebotte, exposition rétrospective, August 1921, p. 335, no. 2727.
Osaka Umeda, Daimaru Museum; Tokyo National Museum of Western Art; Fukushima, Prefectural Museum of Art and Sapporo, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Trésors du Musée Petit Palais, May-August 1983, no. 59.
London, Hayward Gallery and Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Landscapes of France: Impressionism and its Rivals, May 1995-January 1996, p. 266, no. 101 (illustrated in color, p. 267).
London, Royal Academy of Arts, Gustave Caillebotte The Unknown Impressionist, March-June 1996, p. 184, no. 44 (illustrated in color, p. 185; dated circa 1888).
Washington, D.C., The Phillips Collection, Impressionist on the Seine: A Celebration of Renoir's 'Luncheon of the Boating Party,' September 1996-February 1997, no. 55 (illustrated; dated 1882).
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The Comité Caillebotte has confirmed the authenticity of this work.