Credit Line:Bequest of Miss Adelaide Milton de Groot (1876–1967), 1967
Object Number:67.187.116
Inscription: Signed and dated (lower right): F. VALLOTTON.01
the artist, Paris (1901–d. 1925; his estate, Paris, from 1925); [Jacques Rodrigues-Henriques, Paris, 1930–31; sold on February 11, 1931 to de Groot]; Adelaide Milton de Groot, New York (1931–d. 1967; on extended loan to the Springfield Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, Mass., 1946–56; her bequest to MMA)
Grandes Serres de la Ville de Paris (Cours-la-Reine). "Salon des Indépendants (19ème exposition)," March 20–April 25, 1903, no. 2371 (as "Le vieux bassin [Honfleur]").
Odessa. Former premises of the Society of Letters and Arts. "International Exhibition of Paintings, Sculpture, Prints and Drawing (Izdebsky Salon)," December 4, 1909–January 24, 1910, no. 90 (as "Park Honfleur").
Kiev. Nikolaevskaia Street, 11. "International Exhibition of Paintings, Sculpture, Prints and Drawing (Izdebsky Salon)," February 13–March 14, 1910, no. 90.
St. Petersburg. House of Armenian Church. "International Exhibition of Paintings, Sculpture, Prints and Drawing (Izdebsky Salon)," April 19–May 25, 1910, no. 77 (as "Park Honfleur").
Riga. City Art Museum. "International Exhibition of Paintings, Sculpture, Prints and Drawing (Izdebsky Salon)," June 12–July 7, 1910, no. 77.
Greenvale, N. Y. C. W. Post Center Art Gallery. "Gertrude Stein and Her Friends: An Exhibition of Paintings, Sculpture and Photography Reflecting the Stein Family's Artistic Circle," April 11–May 11, 1975, unnumbered cat. (as "Port of Honfleur").
Hedy Hahnloser-Bühler. Félix Vallotton et ses amis. Paris, 1936, p. 285, no. 466, publishes the artist's chronological list of works ("livre de raison"), where this work is described as "Paysages faits à Honfleur, ports, vergers, arbres".
Katharine Baetjer. European Paintings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art by Artists Born in or before 1865: A Summary Catalogue. New York, 1980, vol. 1, p. 189, vol. 2, ill. p. 323, calls it "Port of Honfleur".
Bernard Dorival. "L'énigme Vallotton." Vallotton. Lausanne, 1985, pp. 10, 234, fig. 90, calls it "Port de Honfleur (Bateaux dans un port)".
Doris Jakubec. "Portrait de Félix Vallotton." Vallotton. Lausanne, 1985, p. 145.
Jean-Claude Simoën. Le Voyage en France. [Paris], 1997, ill. pp. 116–17 (color), calls it "Port d'Honfleur".
Marina Ducrey with Katia Poletti. Félix Vallotton, 1865–1925: L'oeuvre peint. Vol. 2, Catalogue raisonné. Première partie: 1878–1909 (CR 1 à 747). Lausanne, 2005, pp. 232–33, no. 377, ill. (color), call it "Le vieux bassin, Honfleur".
Marina Ducrey with Katia Poletti. Félix Vallotton, 1865–1925. L'oeuvre peint. Vol. 1, Le peintre. Lausanne, 2005, p. 274.
The Met's Libraries and Research Centers provide unparalleled resources for research and welcome an international community of students and scholars.
The Met Collection API is where all makers, creators, researchers, and dreamers can connect to the most up-to-date data and public domain images for The Met collection. Open Access data and public domain images are available for unrestricted commercial and noncommercial use without permission or fee.
Feedback
We continue to research and examine historical and cultural context for objects in The Met collection. If you have comments or questions about this object record, please complete and submit this form. The Museum looks forward to receiving your comments.
The Met's engagement with art from 1890 to today includes the acquisition and exhibition of works in a range of media, spanning movements in modernism to contemporary practices from across the globe.
