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French Theater
Honoré Daumierc. 1856
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Washington, DC, United States
Details
- Title: French Theater
- Creator: Honoré Daumier
- Date Created: c. 1856
- Physical Dimensions: overall: 25.9 x 35 cm (10 3/16 x 13 3/4 in.) framed: 49.5 x 58.7 cm (19 1/2 x 23 1/8 in.)
- Provenance: Verdier, Paris, by 1878.[1] Egisto Fabbri [1866-1933], Florence, by 1901.[2] Henri Rouart [1833-1912], Paris; (his sale, Galerie Manzi-Joyant, Paris, 9 December 1912, no. 164, as _Un Coin de théâtre_); purchased by (Modernen Galerie Heinrich Thannhauser, Munich), where it remained until at least 1916.[3] Werner Feuz, Bern, by 1926; sold 1927 to (Alex Reid and Lefevre, Ltd., Glasgow); on joint account 1927 with (M. Knoedler & Co., London, New York and Paris); sold 1930 by (Alex Reid and Lefèvre, Ltd., Glasgow) to (Raphael Gérard, Paris);[4] sold May 1930 to (M. Knoedler & Co., London, New York, and Paris);[5] on joint account with (Étienne Bignou, Paris and New York); sold March 1933 to Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York; bequest 1963 to NGA. [1] Lent by Verdier to the 1878 exhibition at Galeries Durand-Ruel in Paris. [2] Lent by Fabbri to 1901 Paris Ecole des Beaux-Arts exhibition. [3] Illustrated in Galerie Thannhauser 1916 catalogue. [4] Reid & Lefèvre Pictures Sold 1927-1930, sheet no. 36, #102/27, bought from Werner Feuz, sold January 1930 to Raphael Gerard (Lefèvre archives, Hyman Kreitman Research Centre, Tate Britain, London, TGA 2002/11, Box 283). Information about Alex Reid and Lefèvre's dealing with the picture, including the joint account with Knoedler and the sale to Gérard, is also contained in a letter dated 15 August 1966 from Alex Reid and Lefèvre, in NGA curatorial files. According to a note in the object folder, dated 1966, Paul Vollotton, nephew of dealer Félix Vollotton, said the painting had been in his firm's possession sometime after Feuz' ownership, but that is unconfirmed. [5] M. Knoedler & Co. Records, accession number 2012.M.54, Research Library, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles: Stock book no. 8, p.114; Sales book no. 13, p. 255; Inventory cards, box 115, item 005 (copies in NGA curatorial files). See also letter dated 23 August 1966 from Knoedler, in NGA curatorial files.
- Rights: CC0
- Medium: oil on wood
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