French Theater
c. 1856
Artist, French, 1808 - 1879
West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G8
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on wood
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 25.9 x 35 cm (10 3/16 x 13 3/4 in.)
framed: 49.5 x 58.7 cm (19 1/2 x 23 1/8 in.) -
Accession
1963.10.13
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Verdier, Paris, by 1878.[1] Egisto Fabbri [1866-1933], Florence, by 1901.[2] Henri Rouart [1833-1912], Paris; (his sale, Galerie Manzi-Joyant, Paris, 9 December 1912, no. 164, as Un Coin de théâtre); purchased by (Modernen Galerie Heinrich Thannhauser, Munich), where it remained until at least 1916.[3] Werner Feuz, Bern, by 1926; sold 1927 to (Alex Reid and Lefevre, Ltd., Glasgow); on joint account 1927 with (M. Knoedler & Co., London, New York and Paris); sold 1930 by (Alex Reid and Lefèvre, Ltd., Glasgow) to (Raphael Gérard, Paris);[4] sold May 1930 to (M. Knoedler & Co., London, New York, and Paris);[5] on joint account with (Étienne Bignou, Paris and New York); sold March 1933 to Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York; bequest 1963 to NGA.
[1] Lent by Verdier to the 1878 exhibition at Galeries Durand-Ruel in Paris.
[2] Lent by Fabbri to 1901 Paris Ecole des Beaux-Arts exhibition.
[3] Illustrated in Galerie Thannhauser 1916 catalogue.
[4] Reid & Lefèvre Pictures Sold 1927-1930, sheet no. 36, #102/27, bought from Werner Feuz, sold January 1930 to Raphael Gerard (Lefèvre archives, Hyman Kreitman Research Centre, Tate Britain, London, TGA 2002/11, Box 283). Information about Alex Reid and Lefèvre's dealing with the picture, including the joint account with Knoedler and the sale to Gérard, is also contained in a letter dated 15 August 1966 from Alex Reid and Lefèvre, in NGA curatorial files. According to a note in the object folder, dated 1966, Paul Vollotton, nephew of dealer Félix Vollotton, said the painting had been in his firm's possession sometime after Feuz' ownership, but that is unconfirmed.
[5] M. Knoedler & Co. Records, accession number 2012.M.54, Research Library, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles: Stock book no. 8, p.114; Sales book no. 13, p. 255; Inventory cards, box 115, item 005 (copies in NGA curatorial files). See also letter dated 23 August 1966 from Knoedler, in NGA curatorial files.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1878
Exposition des Peintures et Dessins de H. Daumier, Galeries Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1878, no. 64
1901
Exposition Daumier, Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1901, no. 39
1926
Austellung Honoré Daumier 1808-1879, Galerie Thannhauser, Berlin, 1926, no. 4
1927
Erste Sonderausstellung in Berlin, Galerie Thannhauser, Berlin, 1927, no. 62, repro.
Paintings and Drawings by Honoré Daumier, Alex Reid and Lefèvre, London, 1927, no. 4
1931
A Century of French Painting; an Exhibition of French Painting, Wilmington Society of Fine Arts, Delaware, M. Knoedler & Co., Chicago; Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1931, no. 8
1934
Daumier. Paris, Musée de l'Orangerie, 1934, no. 33, repro.
1965
The Chester Dale Bequest, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965, unnumbered checklist.
Bibliography
1888
Alexandre, Arsène. Honoré Daumier. Paris, 1888: 375 ("Un Fauteuil d'orchestre, 26-35; à M. Verdier.").
1908
Klossowski, Erich. Honoré Daumier. Munich, 1908: 8, no. 88, pl. 42.
1923
Fontainas, André. La Peinture de Daumier. Paris, 1923: pl. 26.
Klossowski, Erich. Honoré Daumier. Munich, 1923: 93, erroneously listed twice, under both nos. 85 and 88, pl. 58.
1927
Fuchs, Eduard. Der Maler Daumier. New York, 1927: 51, no. 133 (Munich, 1930: 51, no. 133).
1929
Bertram, Anthony. Honoré Daumier. London, 1929: pl. VII.
1934
Venturi, Lionello. "Daumier." L'Arte 37 (1934): 399, fig. 8.
1938
Lassaigne, Jacques. Daumier. New York, 1938: repro. 128.
1945
Courthion, Pierre. Daumier, raconté par lui-même et par ses amis. Vésénaz-Geneva, 1945: 286, no. 33.
1954
Adhémar, Jean. Honoré Daumier. Paris, 1954: 111 (transcription of 1878 Paris exhibition catalogue, no. 64).
1965
Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Paintings & Sculpture of the French School in the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 43, repro.
Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 37.
1968
National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 30, repro.
Maison, K.E. Honoré Daumier, catalogue raisonné. 2 vols. New York, 1968: I:135, no. 158, repro. and X-radiograph, 28, fig. 18.
1971
Mandel, Gabriele. L'opera pittorica completa di Daumier. Milan, 1971: 105, no. 206, repro.
1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 92, repro.
1984
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 437, no. 625, color repro.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 114, repro.
2000
Eitner, Lorenz. French Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part I: Before Impressionism. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 2000: 164-169, color repro.
Inscriptions
center right: h. Daumier
Wikidata ID
Q20188375