Edouard Blau

probably 1869

Frédéric Bazille

Artist, French, 1841 - 1870

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Chester Dale Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 59.5 x 43.2 cm (23 7/16 x 17 in.)
    framed: 69.5 x 53 x 5.1 cm (27 3/8 x 20 7/8 x 2 in.)

  • Accession

    1963.10.81

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Leicester Galleries, London); sold 20 April 1927 to Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York; gift 1963 to NGA.[1]
[1]Date and source of Dale's acquisition from his papers in NGA curatorial files.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1965

  • The Chester Dale Bequest, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965, unnumbered checklist.

2016

  • Frédéric Bazille (1841-1870) and The Birth of Impressionism, Musée Fabre, Montpelier; Musée d'Orsay, Paris; National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2016-2017, no. 55 (shown only in Washington).

Bibliography

1929

  • Dale, Maud. Before Manet to Modigliani from the Chester Dale Collection. New York, 1929: no. 37, repro.

1953

  • French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1953: 32, repro.

1965

  • Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Paintings & Sculpture of the French School in the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 47, repro.

  • Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 10.

1968

  • National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 3, repro.

1975

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 18, repro.

1984

  • Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 503, no. 749, color repro.

1985

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 37, repro.

1992

  • Daulte, François. Frédéric Bazille et les débuts de l'impressionisme. Paris, 1992:no. 21, repro.

1993

  • Bajou, Valérie. Frédéric Bazille 1841-1870. Aix-en-Provence, 1993:96,105,140, repro. 120

1995

  • Schulman, Michel. Frédéric Bazille 1841-1870: Catalogue raisonné. Paris, 1995:no. 57, repro.

1998

  • Pitman, Dianne W. Bazille: Purity, Pose, and Painting in the 1860s. The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1998: 77, 80, repro. no. 45.

Inscriptions

upper left: F. Bazille. 1866.

Wikidata ID

Q20188677

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