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  • Provenance
  • Exhibition History
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Provenance

Georges Renand [1879-1968], at least in 1965.[1] Paul Mellon [1907-1999], Upperville, Virginia; bequest 1999 to NGA, with life interest to his wife, Rachel Lambert Mellon [1910-2014].

[1] Renand, a director of the French department store La Samaritaine, lent the painting to a 1965 exhibition in Chartres. The painting did not appear in any of the four sales of Renand's collection (Hôtel Drouot, Paris: 20 November 1987, and 15 March, 31 May, and 13 December, all 1988).

Exhibition History
1965
Caillebotte et ses amis Impressionnistes (Cezanne, Manet, Sisley, Renoir...), Musée de Chartres, 1965, no. 38, repro.
Bibliography
1991
Grenier, Catherine. Seurat: Catalogue complet des peintures. Paris, 1991: 57, no. 89, repro.
2014
Kelly, Franklin. "A Lasting Legacy: The Completion of an Unparalleled Gift." National Gallery of Art Bulletin 51 (Fall 2014): 13, repro.