The Races at Longchamp
c. 1891
Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 73.66 × 92.71 cm (29 × 36 1/2 in.)
framed: 83.82 × 102.24 × 7.62 cm (33 × 40 1/4 × 3 in.) -
Accession
2014.18.62
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Tchoukin, 1900. (Durand-Ruel, Paris and New York), 1922. Walther Halvorsen [1887-1972], 1922. (Svensk-Franska Konstgalleriet, Stockholm); sold by 1926 to Thorsten Laurin, Stockholm;[1] possibly (sale, Stockholm, 1939). Paul Mellon [1907-1999], Upperville, Virginia; bequest 1999 to NGA, with life interest to his wife, Rachel Lambert Mellon [1910-2014].
[1] Lent by Laurin to Fransk Konst i Svensk privat Ägo, Liljevalches Konsthall, Stockholm, January 1926, no. 202. Also listed in Ragnar Hoppe, Katalog över Thorsten Laurins Samling, Stockholm, 1936: 203, no. 434, pl. 237.
[2] Lent to Degas' Racing World, Wildenstein, New York, 1968: no. 91.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1926
Fransk Konst i Svensk privat Ägo, Liljevalches Konsthall, Stockholm, January 1926, no. 202.
1968
Degas' Racing World, A Loan Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings and Bronzes for the Benefit of The National Museum of Racing, Saratoga, Wildenstein, New York, 1968, no. 91, repro.
Bibliography
1936
Hoppe, Ragnar. Katalog över Thorsten Laurins Samling. Stockholm, 1936: 203, no. 434, pl. 237.
1978
Browse, Lillian. Forain: The Painter, 1852-1931. London, 1978: 106, no. 26, repro.
Inscriptions
lower right: j. l. forain
Wikidata ID
Q20190269