Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings Signed and dated (lower right): C.Pissarro.99
Gallery Label Pissarro rented a large apartment at 204, rue de Rivoli, in Paris for the first half of 1899. From its windows facing the Jardin des Tuileries, he painted eight views of the gardens looking east toward the Louvre, and six (including this work and two others in the Metropolitan Museum), in which the twin steeples of the church of Sainte-Clotilde punctuate the vast expanse of sky. Attentive to the changes in light, atmosphere, and climate, as well as to the comings and goings of strollers, at different times of day and seasons of the year, Pissarro was able to extract a variety of pictures from a single site.
Provenance [Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1899–1915; bought from the artist on May 18, 1899 for Fr 3,000; stock no. 5249; sold on November 11, 1915 for Fr 12,000 to Durand-Ruel]; [Durand-Ruel, New York, 1915–45; stock no. 3901; sold on January 18, 1945 for $9,500 to Carstairs]; [Carroll Carstairs, New York, from 1945]; Marshall Field III, New York (until d. 1956); Mrs. Marshall Field III, New York (1956–79)
Exhibition History Munich. Glaspalast. "VIII. Internationalen Kunstausstellung," June 1–end October 1901, no. 1350a.
Paris. Galerie Durand-Ruel. "Exposition C. Pissarro," January 14–February 2, 1901, no. 9.
Barcelona. Palau de Belles Artes. "V Exposición Internacional de Arte," April 27–July 1907, no. 28.
Paris. Galerie Durand-Ruel. "Pissarro," March 1908, no. 17.
Paris. Galerie Manzi, Joyant & Cie.. "Exposition d'art moderne," 1912, no. 63.
St. Petersburg. Institut Français. "Exposition centennale de l'art français," January 28–? 1912, no. 484.
Boston. Brooks Reed Gallery. December 1916–January 1917, no catalogue?
New York. Durand-Ruel Galleries. "Paintings by Camille Pissarro," January 27–February 12, 1916, no. 17.
New York. Durand-Ruel Galleries. "Paintings by Pissarro," February 3–17, 1917, no. 7.
New York. Durand-Ruel Galleries. "Exhibition of Paintings by Camille Pissarro and Alfred Sisley," February 18–March 1925, no. 4.
Philadelphia. Palace of Fine Arts. "Sesqui-centennial International Exposition," June 1–December 1, 1926, no. 1526.
Bethlehem, Pa. Lehigh University Art Galleries. April–May 1928, no catalogue?
New York. Durand-Ruel. "Paintings of London–Paris," October 29–November 16, 1940, no. 2.
New York. Wildenstein. "Camille Pissarro: His Place in Art," October 24–November 24, 1945, no. 38.
New York. Carroll Carstairs Gallery. "Six Impressionists," April 16–May 5, 1945, no. 1.
New York. Wildenstein & Co., Inc.. "Modern French Painting," April 11–25, 1962, no. 50.
Waltham. Rose Art Museum. "Modern French Painting," May 10–June 13, 1962, no. 50.
New York. Wildenstein & Co., Inc.. "C. Pissarro," March 25–May 1, 1965, no. 75.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "New York Collects," July 3–September 2, 1968, no. 155.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. "Pleasures of Paris: Daumier to Picasso," June 5–September 1, 1991, no. 44.
New York. IBM Gallery of Science and Art. "Pleasures of Paris: Daumier to Picasso," October 15–December 28, 1991, no. 44.
Dallas Museum of Art. "The Impressionist and the City: Pissarro's Series Paintings," November 15, 1992–January 31, 1993, no. 76.
Philadelphia Museum of Art. "The Impressionist and the City: Pissarro's Series Paintings," March 7–June 6, 1993, no. 76.
Brooklyn Museum of Art. "Impressionists in Winter: Effets de neige," May 27–August 29, 1999, not in catalogue.
Berlin. Neue Nationalgalerie. "Französische Meisterwerke des 19.Jahrhunderts aus dem Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York," June 1–October 7, 2007, unnumbered cat.
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. "The Masterpieces of French Painting from The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 1800–1920," February 4–May 6, 2007, no. 53.
References Camille Pissarro. Letter to Lucien Pissarro . December 4, 1898 [published and translated in John Rewald, ed., "Camille Pissarro Letters to His Son Lucien," London, 1980, p. 333].Letter to Lucien Pissarro . May 25, 1899 [published and translated in John Rewald, ed., "Camille Pissarro Letters to His Son Lucien," London, 1980, p. 336].Letter to Durand-Ruel . May 17, 1899 [published in Ref. Bailly–Herzberg 1991, p. 26].Les arts no. 128 (August 1912), p. 9, ill.Camille Pissarro, son art—son œuvre . reprint ed. 1989. Paris, 1939, vol. 1, p. 233, no. 1097; vol. 2, pl. 219, no. 1097.Modern French Painting . Exh. cat., Wildenstein & Co., Inc. New York, 1962, unpaginated, no. 50, ill.in Pissarro . Exh. cat., Hayward Gallery. London, 1980, p. 146.in The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Notable Acquisitions, 1979–1980 . New York, 1980, pp. 45–46, ill.Camille Pissarro . New York, 1982, p. 17, colorpl. 15.in Retrospective Camille Pissarro . Exh. cat., Isetan Museum of Art. [Tokyo], 1984, p. 139, under no. 62.Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Paintings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art . New York, 1985, pp. 102–3, ill. (color).Correspondance de Camille Pissarro, 1899–1903 . 5, Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône, 1991, p. 26.The Impressionist and the City: Pissarro's Series Paintings . Exh. cat., Dallas Museum of Art. New Haven, 1992, pp. 102, 107, 213, no. 76, ill. (overall and detail).Hidden Treasures Revealed: Impressionist Masterpieces and Other Important French Paintings Preserved by the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg . Exh. cat.New York, 1995, pp. 165–66, ill.in Joachim Pissarro and Claire Durand-Ruel Snollaerts. Pissarro: Critical Catalogue of Paintings . Milan, 2005, vol. 1, pp. 286–88, 299, 302.in Joachim Pissarro and Claire Durand-Ruel Snollaerts. Pissarro: Critical Catalogue of Paintings . Milan, 2005, vol. 1, pp. 45, 59 n. 313, pp. 365, 367, 369–71, 373–75, 383–84, 394, 396, 398, 414–15; vol. 3, pp. 782–84, 811, 955, 959, no. 1257, ill. (color).in The Masterpieces of French Painting from The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 1800–1920 . Exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. New York, 2007, pp. 77, 247–48, no. 53, ill. (color and bw).in Masterpieces of European Painting, 1800–1920, in The Metropolitan Museum of Art . New York, 2007, pp. 91, 292–93, no. 85, ill. (color and bw).
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