The Artist's Wife Fishing
1896
Artist, French, 1852 - 1931
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 95.5 x 101 cm (37 5/8 x 39 3/4 in.)
framed: 121 x 126.1 x 7 cm (47 5/8 x 49 5/8 x 2 3/4 in.) -
Accession
1985.64.19
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Mme. Forain [née Jeanne Bosc, 1865-1954]. Armand François Paul des Friches, comte Doria [1824-1896], Château d'Orrouy.[1] (Arthur Tooth and Sons, London); sold 10 December 1965 to Mr. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA;[2] gift 1985 to NGA.
[1] The names of Mme. Forain and comte Doria are given in the Mellon collection records, in NGA curatorial files. However, it is not certain this information is correct. If the painting was executed in 1896, and owned by comte Doria, it would have to have been completed prior to May 7 of that year, when the comte died. The painting was not included in the posthumous sale of his collection held at Galerie Georges Petit in Paris in May 1899.
[2] According to Paul Mellon records in NGA curatorial files, this painting was exhibited at the Galerie Pigalle in Paris in 1931, presumably at the Forain exhibition held December 1931 to January 1932.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1966
French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966, no. 128, repro
2011
Jean-Louis Forain (1852 - 1931): La Comédie parisienne, Musée du Petit Palais, Paris; The Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, 2011, no. 75 (French catalogue); pl. 81 (English catalogue), repros.
2013
Eblouissants reflets: cent chefs-d'oeuvre impressionistes, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, 2013, no. 57, repro.
Bibliography
1969
Wasell, Nancy Michelle. Jean Louis Forain, the Painter. M.A. Thesis, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1969:37, repro.
2001
Southgate, M. Therese. The Art of JAMA II: Covers and Essays from The Journal of the American Medical Association. Chicago, 2001: 12-13, color repro.
Inscriptions
lower left: J.L. forain
Wikidata ID
Q20190543