The Frog Pond

1876

Narcisse Diaz de la Peña

Painter, French, 1807 - 1876

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Wilhelm Schaus Gallery, New York), at least in 1879.[1] Charles A. Dana [1819-1897], New York. (sale, American Art Association, at Chickering Hall, New York, 10 April 1900, no. 77); (M. Knoedler & Co., New York); sold April 1900 to William A. Clark [1839-1925], New York;[2] bequest 1926 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.
[1] "Notes," The Art Journal 5, n.s. (November 1879): 352, discussing the exhibition of the painting at the Schaus Gallery. Hermann Schaus took over his uncle's business in 1886, but continued to use the original name even after his uncle's death in 1895.
[2] See Knoedler Stock Book 5, stock no. 9172, p. 23, row 14. The date of Knoedler's purchase is unclear. According to Knoedler's stockbook, the company acquired the painting on 2 April 1900 and sold it to Clark on 10 April of the same year. However, the Knoedler record also notes that the painting was purchased at the American Art Association sale which was on 10 April 1900. According to Arthur Hoeber, The Barbizon Painters: Being the Story of the Men of Thirty, New York, 1915: 133, the work was still in Knoedler's possession at the time of publication.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1879

  • Wilhelm Shaus Gallery, New York, Fall 1879.

1983

  • La Vie Moderne: Nineteenth Century French Art from the Corcoran Gallery, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; Columbus Museum of Arts and Sciences, Georgia; Mary and Leigh Block Gallery, Northwestern University, Evanston; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Tampa Museum; Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha; Akron Art Museum, 1983-1985, no. 1, repro.

Bibliography

1915

  • Hoeber, Arthur. The Barbizon Painters. New York, 1915: repro. opposite 132.

1925

  • Carroll, Dana H. Catalogue of Objects of Fine Art and Other Properties at the Home of William Andrews Clark, 962 Fifth Avenue. Part I. Unpublished manuscript, n.d. (1925): 115.

Inscriptions

lower left: N. Diaz -76-

Wikidata ID

Q46630376

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