View of Monte Carlo from Cap Martin, c. 1884

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 66.2 × 81.6 cm (26 1/16 × 32 1/8 in.)

framed: 90.49 × 106.68 × 9.21 cm (35 5/8 × 42 × 3 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Edward C. and Mary Walker Collection)

Accession Number

2014.136.60

Artists / Makers

Auguste Renoir (painter) French, 1841 - 1919

Image Use

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Provenance

Purchased 8 September 1887, probably from the artist, by (Durand-Ruel, Paris and New York).[1] purchased 23 March 1899 by Edward Fullerton Milliken [d. 1906], New York; (his sale, American Art Association, New York, 14 February 1902, no. 14, as Bordighiera); (Durand-Ruel, Paris and New York).[2] Edward C. [d. 1915] and Mary Griffin [1855-1937] Walker, Willistead Manor, Walkerville, Ontario, and Washington; bequest 4 May 1937 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art.

[1] Provenance according to Renoir Landscapes 1865-1883, Exh. cat., The National Gallery, London, 2007: 266. The painting was given two stock numbers, 1190 and 1460, in Durand-Ruel's Paris branch (Stockbook 1884-1890); it was transferred to the company's New York branch in 1897, where it was stock number 1849.

[2] Durand-Ruel stock no. 2784. See note 1.

Associated Names

Corcoran Gallery of Art
Durand-Ruel et Cie
Milliken, Edward Fullerton
Walker, Edward C. and Mary Emma Griffin

Exhibition History

1958: A Selection of Paintings from the Edward C. Walker and Mary Walker Collection, Willistead Art Gallery, Windsor, Ontario, 8-29 October 1958, no. 16, as Landscape, L'Esterel.

1959: French Masterworks: A Loan Exhibition from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, 1959, no. 23.

1959: Loan Exhibition. Masterpieces of the Corcoran Gallery of Art: A Benefit Exhibition in Honor of the Gallery's Centenary, Wildenstein, New York, 28 January-7 March 1959, unnumbered cat., as The Estérel Mountains.

1961: The White House, Washington, 1961-1962.

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. 31, repro.

2003: The Impressionist Tradition in America, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 19 July 2003-18 October 2004, unpublished checklist.

2007: Renoir Landscapes 1865-1883, The National Gallery, London; National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2007-2008, no. 73, repro. (shown only in Ottowa).

2011: A Passion for Nature: Landscape Painting from 19th Century France, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, 15 October 2011 - 20 February 2012, no catalogue.