The Basket
1926
Artist, French, 1877 - 1953
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 53.5 × 65.1 cm (21 1/16 × 25 5/8 in.)
framed: 74.93 × 86.04 × 7.62 cm (29 1/2 × 33 7/8 × 3 in.) -
Accession
1963.10.22
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
From the artist to van Leer, as part of a three-part screen; returned to (Galerie Étienne Bignou, Paris) by 1929;[1] sold 1930 to (Valentine Gallery, New York); sold 1930 to Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York; bequest 1963 to NGA.
[1]Bignou sent painting back to Dufy to put on a smaller stretcher and finish.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1931
A Group of Twentieth Century Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection, Department of Fine Arts, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, 1931, no. 6
1943
Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1943-1951, unnumbered cat., repro.
1953
French Painting from David to Cezanne, The Norton Gallery, West Palm Beach; The Lowe Gallery, University of Miami, 1953, no. 38.
1954
Long term loan, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1954-1958
1965
The Chester Dale Bequest, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965, unnumbered checklist.
Bibliography
1943
Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. Philadelphia, 1943: unpaginated, repro.
1965
Twentieth Century French Paintings & Sculpture of the French School in the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965 (rev. ed.): 31, repro.
Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 45.
1968
National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 38, repro.
1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 114, repro.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 138, repro.
1997
Van Doren, Lawrence N. Dufy Appreciations, 1997, repro.
Inscriptions
lower center: Raoul Dufy
Wikidata ID
Q20192616