National Gallery of Art :: The Collection :: Meadow
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lower right: Sisley.75

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Provenance

Armand-François-Paul des Frisches, Comte Doria [1824-1896], Paris; (his sale, Galeries Georges Petit, Paris, 4 May 1899, no. 224); purchased by (Durand-Ruel, New York and Paris); sold 1900 to (Bernheim-Jeune, Paris). Jules Strauss, Paris; (Strauss sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 3 May 1902, no. 60); purchased by Joubert, possibly for (Galeries Georges Petit, Paris)[1] Senator Antonio Santamarina, Buenos Aires, by 1933;[2] sold 1957 to (Wildenstein and Co., New York);[3] by whom sold 4 October 1957 to Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969], New York;[4] bequest 1970 to NGA.

[1]Joubert is recorded as purchaser in an annotated copy of sales catalogue in NGA curatorial files, and in the Gazette de l'Hotel Drouot. Galerie Georges Petit according to Françoise Daulte, Alfred Sisley, Catalogue Raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, Lausanne, 1959, no. 190.

[2]Santamarina lent Meadow (La Prairie) to an exhibition in Buenos Aires in 1933. It was included in the 3-5 October 1955 sale of the Santamarina collection held at Adolfo Bullrich Y Cia in Buenos Aires, no.79.

[3]Wildenstein date and source of acquisition according to letter dated 14 December 1998, in NGA curatorial files.

[4]Receipt dated 4 October 1957 from Wildenstein to Mrs. Bruce in NGA curatorial files.

Exhibition History

1933
Escuela Francesa, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, 1933, no. 104.
1959
Masterpieces of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Painting, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1959, unnumbered catalogue
1961
French Paintings of the Nineteenth Century from the Collection of Mrs. Mellon Bruce, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1961, no. 60, repro
1966
French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966, no. 75, repro
1966
Sisley, Wildenstein & Co., New York, 1966, no. 22, repro., as La Prairie
1986
Capolavori Impressionisti dei Musei Americani, Museo e Gallerie Nazionali di Capodimonte, Naples; Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan, 1986-1987, no. 47, repro.
1986
Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, State Hermitage Museum, Leningrad; State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, 1986, no. 39, repro.
1989
Impressionisti della National Gallery of Art di Washington, Ala Napoleonica e Museo Correr, Venice, and Palazzo Reale, Milan, 1989, unnumbered catalogue, repro.
1990
Französische Impressionisten und ihre Wegbereiter aus der National Gallery of Art, Washington und dem Cincinnati Art Museum, Neue Pinakothek, Munich, 1990, no. 45, repro.
1992
From El Greco to Cezanne: Masterpieces of European Painting from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and The Metroplitan Museum of Art, New York, National Gallery of Greece, Athens, 1992-1993, no. 55, repro.
1999
Around Impressionism: French Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1999, no cat.
1999
Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art; Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, 1999, no. 50, repro.

Bibliography

1959
Daulte, Francois. Alfred Sisley, catalogue raisonne de l'oeuvre peint. Lausanne: Editions Durand-Ruel, 1959.
1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 328, repro.
1984
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 511, no. 765, color repro.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 376, repro.
1990
Französische Impressionisten und ihre Wegbereiter aus der National Gallery of Art, Washington und dem Cincinnati Art Museum, Exh. cat. Neue Pinakothek, Munich, 1990: no. 45, repro.
1991
Coman, Florence E. Joi de Vivre: French Paintings from the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1991: no. 14, repro.

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