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Still Life with Roses and Fruit

Henri Fantin-Latour  (French, Grenoble 1836–1904 Buré)

Date:
1863
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
13 5/8 x 16 3/8 in. (34.6 x 41.6 cm)
Classification:
Paintings
Credit Line:
Bequest of Alice A. Hay, 1987
Accession Number:
1987.119

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 824

  • Gallery Label

    In this early painting, which is interesting for its slightly eccentric, off-balance composition, the artist had yet to achieve the extraordinary realism associated with his still lifes of the mid- to late 1860s.

  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

    Inscription: Signed and dated (upper right): Fantin. 1863.

  • Provenance

    [Gustave Tempelaere, Paris]; [F. Tempelaere, Paris, by 1906–at least 1911]; Armand Dorville, Paris (by 1936–42; sale, Hall du Savoy, Nice, June 24–27, 1942, no. 292, for Fr 276,000); private collection (in 1957); [David B. Findlay, Inc., New York, 1965; sold to Mrs. Hay]; Alice A. Hay, New York and Newbury N.H. (1965–d. 1987)

  • Exhibition History

    Paris. École Nationale des Beaux-Arts. "Éxposition de l'oeuvre de Fantin-Latour," May–June 1906, no. 92 (as Roses et Poire, 1863, lent by M. F. Tempelaere).

    Musée-Bibliothèque de Grenoble. "Centenaire de Henri Fantin-Latour," August–October 1936, no. 115 (lent by M. Dorville, Paris).

    Paris. Château de Bagatelle. "La rose dans l'art," May 20–?, 1938, no. 32 (lent by M. Armand Dorville).

  • References

    Madame Fantin-Latour. Catalogue de l'oeuvre complet (1849–1904) de Fantin-Latour. [reprint ed. 2000]. Paris, 1911, p. 31, no. 220, as no. 92 in the 1906 Fantin-Latour exhibition and owned by M. F. Tempelaere.

    Stéphane Faniel. Le dix-neuvième siècle français. Paris, 1957, pp. 32, 225, as from a private collection.



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