Rue Terre Neuve, Meudon

probably late 1910s to early 1920s

Gwen John

Painter, British, 1876 - 1939

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Paul Mellon Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 22 x 27.4 cm (8 11/16 x 10 13/16 in.)
    framed: 22.9 x 28.1 x 2.2 cm (9 x 11 1/16 x 7/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1994.59.16

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Estate of the artist; acquired 1966 by (Davis Galleries, New York) through (Faerber and Maison Ltd., London); sold 1966 to private collection, New York; acquired 1975 by (Davis & Long Company, New York); purchased 1975 by Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, Virginia;[1] gift 1994 to NGA.
[1] Provenance from Cecily Langdale, Gwen John: With a Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings and a Selection of the Drawings, New Haven and London, 1987: 161.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1961

  • Gwen John Exhibition, The Matthiesen Gallery, London, 1961, no. 29.

1975

  • Gwen John: A Retrospective Exhibition, Davis & Long Company, New York, 1975, no. 25, repro.

2015

  • A Lineage of American Perceptual Painters, The Mitchell Gallery, St. John's College, Annapolis, 2015, no catalogue.

Bibliography

1987

  • Langdale, Cecily. Gwen John: With a Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings and a Selection of the Drawings. New Haven and London, 1987: no. 90, pl. 222.

Wikidata ID

Q20191950

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