National Gallery of Art :: The Collection :: Rouen Cathedral, West Façade, Sunlight
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lower right: Claude Monet '94

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Provenance

From the artist to (Durand-Ruel, Paris); on joint account with (Bernheim-Jeune, Paris); sold 10 November 1926 to Chester Dale [1882-1962], New York; bequest 1963 to NGA.[1]

[1]Date and source of acquisition according to Chester Dale papers in NGA curatorial records.

Exhibition History

1917
Exhibition of Paintings by Modern French Masters, Durand-Ruel Galleries, New York, 1917, no. 10, as Rouen Cathedral - Symphony in Gray.
1922
Paintings by Contemporary English and French Painters, The Brooklyn Museum, 1922-1923, no. 176, as Cathédrale de Rouen, symphonie en gris.
1923
French Impressionist Paintings, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1923, no cat.
1926
Exhibition of Paintings by The Impressionists, Durand-Ruel Galleries, New York, 1926, no. 11, as La cathédrale de Rouen.
1927
Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings by Claude Monet, Durand-Ruel Galleries, New York, 1927, no. 20, as Cathedrale de Rouen.
1933
Exhibition of Masterpieces by Claude Monet 1840-1926, Durand-Ruel Galleries, New York, 1933, no. 10, as La Cathédrale de Rouen.
1965
The Chester Dale Bequest, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965, unnumbered checklist.
2010
From Impressionism to Modernism: The Chester Dale Collection, National Gallery of Art, January 2010-January 2012, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

Bibliography

1929
Dale, Maud. Before Manet to Modigliani from the Chester Dale Collection. New York, 1929: no. 47, repro.
1930
Lawrence, Majorie. "Two Periods Meet in a Modern Maisonette." Home & Field 40 (September 1930): 25, repro.
1942
French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 55, repro.
1944
French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1944: 55, repro.
1953
French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1953: 61, repro.
1959
Evans, Grose. French Painting of the 19th Century in the National Gallery of Art. Washington, D.C., 1959 (Booklet Number Two in Ten Schools of Painting in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.): 28, color repro.
1963
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.. New York, 1963 (reprinted 1964 in French, German, and Spanish): 326, repro.
1965
Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Paintings & Sculpture of the French School in the Chester Dale Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 95, repro.
1965
Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 92
1968
European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1968: 82, repro.
1974
Wildenstein 1974, no. 1324.
1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 242, repro.
1984
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 487, no. 717, color repro.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 278, repro. 277 (repro. for 1963.10.179 incorrectly printed with entry for 1963.10.49 and vice-versa).
1992
"Der grosse Kampf ums Licht." Art: Das Kunstmagazin 7 (June 1992): 36, repro.
1992
National Gallery of Art, Washington. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 203, repro.
1993
Düchting, Hajo. Robert and Sonia Delaunay: Triumph der Farbe. Cologne, 1993: 18, repro.
1995
Taylor, John Russell. Claude Monet: Impressions of France from Le Havre to Giverny. London, 1995:115, repro.
2012
Kennicott, Philip. "French Rooms Reopen, With Different Accents." Washington Post 135, no. 55 (January 29, 2012): E25.

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