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Possibly purchased from the artist by (Ambroise Vollard [1867-1939], Paris), until at least 1935.[1] (Paul Pétridès, Paris); acquired June 1951 on joint account by (M. Knoedler & Co., New York) and (Sidney Janis Gallery, New York); full ownership acquired October 1951 by (Sidney Janis Gallery, New York);[2] sold 1951 to John Hay Whitney [1904-1982], Manhasset, New York; deeded 1982 to the John Hay Whitney Charitable Trust, New York; gift 1982 to NGA.

[1] Letter of 17 April 1985 from Michel Kellerman, in NGA curatorial files. Two labels on the stretcher of the painting include Vollard's name, and appear to indicate he lent to the painting to exhibitions in 1935 (recorded in NGA conservation report, in NGA curatorial files).

[2] Although a letter of 9 July 1984 from Sidney Janis Gallery, now in NGA curatorial files, states that they acquired the painting from Knoedler in 1950, a letter of 9 January 1985 from Nancy Little, librarian at M. Knoedler & Co., also in NGA curatorial files, gives the more precise dates. The Knoedler number to which Ms. Little refers, A4642, is recorded in blue pencil on the stretcher of the painting. Ms. Little also confirms Pétridès as Knoedler's source. A letter of 5 March 1985 from the Galerie Pétridès, in NGA curatorial files, indicates that they have no additional information about the picture.

Exhibition History

1952
Les Fauves, Museum of Modern Art, New York; Minneapolis Institute of Arts; San Francisco Museum of Art; The Art Gallery of Toronto, 1952, repro.
1952
Some Businessmen Collect Contemporary Art, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, 1952, no. 9.
1953
Fifth Anniversary Exhibition, Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, no. 12, repro.
1959
Triumph der Farbe: Die Europaischen Fauves, Schaffhausen Museum zu Allerheiligen, Switzerland; Berlin Nationalgalerie der Ehemals Staatlichen Museen; Orangerie des Schlosses Charlottenburg, 1959, no. 31, repro.
1960
The John Hay Whitney Collection, The Tate Gallery, London, 1960-1961, no. 19, repro.
1976
The "Wild Beasts": Fauvism and Its Affinities, Museum of Modern Art, New York; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; The Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, 1976, repro.
1978
Aspects of Twentieth-Century Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978-1979, no. 40, repro., as Landscape at Collioure.
1983
The John Hay Whitney Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1983, no. 42, repro.
1990
The Fauve Landscape, Los Angeles County Museum of Art; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1990-1991, 76-77, 277, pl. 87, as Paysage de Collioure (Landscape at Collioure).
1994
André Derain: Le peintre du "trouble modern", Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, 1994-1995, no. 28, repro.
1997
André Derain, 1904-1912, Museu Picasso, Barcelona, 1997, no. 8, repro.
1998
Gifts to the Nation from Mr. and Mrs. John Hay Whitney, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1998-1999, no cat.
1999
Le Fauvisme ou "l'épreuve du feu": Éruption de la modernité en Europe, Musée d'Art moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1999-2000, no. 29, repro.
1999
Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art; Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, 1999, no. 75, repro.
2004
Fauve Painting from the Permanent Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2004-2005, no cat.
2005
Matisse-Derain: Collioure 1905, un été fauve", Musée départemental d'Art moderne, Céret; Musée départemental Matisse, Cateua-Cambrésis, 2005-2006, no. 82, repro. (shown only in Céret).

Bibliography

1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 129, repro.
1990
Freeman, Judi. The Fauve Landscape. Exh. cat. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, New York, 1990: 76-77, 277, pl. 87.
1992
Kellermann, Michel. André Derain, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint. Vol. 1, 1895-1914. Paris, 1992: no. 64, 38, repro., as Paysage de Collioure.
2004
Hand, John Oliver. National Gallery of Art: Master Paintings from the Collection. Washington and New York, 2004: 416, no. 346, color repro.

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