Inscription: Signed and dated (lower right, in black ink): 1930 - G Rouault
[J. B. Neumann, Munich and New York, 1930–31; sold in January 1931 to Clark]; Stephen C. Clark, New York (1931–41; his anonymous gift in 1941 to MoMA); Museum of Modern Art, New York (1941–51; sold to MMA)
Munich. J. B. Neumann. "Georges Rouault," 1930, no. 30 (as "Le vieux mur n'en finissait plus. No. 2 Faubourg").
New York. Valentine Gallery. "15 Selected Paintings by French XXth Century Masters; 16 Gouaches and Water-colours by Georges Rouault; 'Venus,' a Bronze by Maillol," January 3–29, 1938, no. 4 (as "L'Enterrement").
Museum of Modern Art, New York. "New Acquisitions: A Gift of Paintings from a Trustee," May 6–October 15, 1941, no catalogue.
Art Institute of Chicago. "Twenty-first International Exhibition of Water Colors," May 14–August 23, 1942, no. 9 (as "The Funeral," lent by The Museum of Modern Art, New York).
Museum of Modern Art, New York. "Georges Rouault: Paintings and Prints," April 4–June 3, 1945, no. 61 (as "The Funeral," lent by The Museum of Modern Art).
Renaissance Society of the University of Chicago. "Paintings and Prints by Georges Rouault," October 5–31, 1945, no catalogue.
St. Paul, Minn. Hamline University. "Landscapes: Real and Imaginary," October 29–November 19, 1946, no. 25 (as "The Funeral").
Arts Club of Chicago. "Landscapes: Real and Imaginary," December 3–26, 1946, no. 25.
Grand Rapids, Mich. Grand Rapids Art Gallery. "Landscapes: Real and Imaginary," January 7–28, 1947, no. 25.
West Palm Beach, Fla. Norton Gallery and School of Art. "Landscapes: Real and Imaginary," February 12–March 2, 1947, no. 25.
Bloomfield Hills, Mich. Cranbrook Art Museum. "Landscapes: Real and Imaginary," March 16–April 6, 1947, no. 25.
Bloomington. Indiana University. "Landscapes: Real and Imaginary," April 22–May 13, 1947, no. 25.
San Francisco Museum of Art. "Landscapes: Real and Imaginary," June 3–22, 1947, no. 25.
Honolulu Academy of Arts. "Landscapes: Real and Imaginary," August 5–31, 1947, no. 25.
Syracuse, N. Y. Syracuse University Art Galleries. "Rouault," 1949–50, no catalogue.
Boston. School of the Museum of Fine Arts. "Group Exhibition," 1950, no catalogue.
Winnipeg Art Gallery. "European and American Paintings," January 21–February 17, 1951, no catalogue.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Coe College. "Centennial Exhibition," May 16–June 9, 1952, no. 18 (as "Funeral," lent by the Museum of Modern Art, New York).
Cleveland Museum of Art. "Rouault Retrospective Exhibition 1953," January 28–March 15, 1953, unnumbered cat. (p. 29; as "The Funeral," lent by The Museum of Modern Art).
Museum of Modern Art, New York. "Georges Rouault," March 31–May 31, 1953, unnumbered cat.
Los Angeles County Museum. "Retrospective Exhibition: Georges Rouault 1953," July 3–August 16, 1953, unnumbered cat. (p. 30; as "The Funeral," lent by The Museum of Modern Art).
Westport, Conn. Leonid Kipnis Gallery. "Works of Georges Rouault," May 14–27, 1955, no. 8 (as "Funeral").
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Impressionist and Early Modern Paintings: The Clark Brothers Collect," May 22–August 19, 2007, no. 361 (as "The Old Wall [The Funeral]").
Alfred M. Frankfurter. "View No. 1 of Modern French Art." Art News 36 (January 8, 1938), p. 24.
A[lfred]. H. B[arr]., Jr. "A Gift of Paintings from a Trustee." Bulletin of the Museum of Modern Art 8 (April–May 1941), p. 7, calls it "Landscape with Figures".
Alfred M. Frankfurter. "Nine Modern Masters to the Modern Museum." Art News 40 (May 15–31, 1941), p. 34, ill. p. 11, calls it "Landscape with Figures".
"Modern Museum Gets Gift of Oils." New York Times (May 7, 1941), p. 28.
James Thrall Soby. Georges Rouault: Paintings and Prints. New York, 1947, p. 128, no. 61, ill. p. 86.
Alfred H. Barr Jr., ed. Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art. New York, 1948, p. 320, no. 659, ill. p. 48, calls it "Funeral".
Jacques Maritain. Georges Rouault. New York, 1952, p. 22, ill. p. 15 (color), calls it "The Funeral".
Winthrop Sargeant. "Rouault: Great Mystic Paints Good Friday But Never Easter." Life 34 (February 2, 1953), p. 61, ill. (color), calls it "Funeral".
Jacques Maritain. Georges Rouault (1871– ). New York, 1954, unpaginated, colorpl. 42, calls it "The Funeral".
Bernard Dorival. Cinq études sur Georges Rouault. Paris, 1956, p. 70, calls it "Le Vieux mur n'en finissait plus" in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art.
Pierre Courthion. Georges Rouault. New York, [1962], p. 463, no. 182, ill. p. 423, calls it "Le Vieux Mur n'en finissait pas No. 2, Faubourg (The Old Wall Went On and On No. 2, Faubourg)"; dates it 1929 in the caption and 1930 in the catalogue of works; locates it in a private collection.
Charles Sterling and Margaretta M. Salinger. French Paintings: A Catalogue of the Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Vol. 3, XIX–XX Centuries. New York, 1967, pp. 221–22, ill., remark that this work belongs to a series of pictures related to an unrealized film.
Bernard Dorival and Isabelle Rouault. Rouault, l'œuvre peint. Monte-Carlo, 1988, vol. 2, p. 28, no. 1220, ill., call it "Le vieux mur n'en finissait pas..." II.
Kirk Varnedoe. "The Evolving Torpedo: Changing Ideas of the Collection of Painting and Sculpture of The Museum of Modern Art." Studies in Modern Art, Vol. 5: The Museum of Modern Art at Mid-Century: Continuity and Change. Ed. John Elderfield. New York, 1995, pp. 40–41, 53, 56, 59, 61–62.
Sarah Lees inThe Clark Brothers Collect: Impressionist and Early Modern Paintings. Exh. cat., Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, Mass., 2006, pp. 315, 343, no. 361, notes that it was purchased by Stephen C. Clark from J. B. Neumann in January 1931.
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