Date
1885
Artist
Willard Leroy Metcalf, American, b. Lowell, Massachusetts, 1858–1925
Provenance
The Home for Aged Women, Boston, to June 1964
Vose Galleries of Boston, June 1964-10 August 1966
Christopher Huntington, Mount Vernon, Maine, 10 August 1966
Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, New York, to 26 June 1967
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 26 June 1967-6 March 1972
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1972
Exhibition History
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Inaugural Exhibition," 4 October 1974-15 Sepbember 1975.
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, Washington, DC. "Post Impressionism: Cross Currents in European and American Painting," 25 May-1 September 1980.
DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS. "The Quest for Unity: American Art Between World's Fairs, 1876-1893," 22 August-30 October 1983, no. 151, ill.
COLBY COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART, Waterville, Maine. "Americans in Paris," 1 August-22 October 1990, no. 25, ill. pp. 20, 61.
VICE PRESIDENT'S RESIDENCE, Washington, DC. Extended loan, 1 May 1994-1 May 1995.
JAPANESE ASSOCIATION OF ART MUSEUMS AND POLA ART FOUNDATION, "The Painters in Grez-sur-Loing," cat. no. 064, colorpl. p. 136. Tour: YAMANASHI PREFECTURAL MUSEUM OF ART, Yamanashi, 21 October-26 November 2000; FUCHU CITY MUSEUM OF ART, Tokyo, 2 December 2000-21 January 2001; OTANI MEMORIAL ART MUSEUM, Nishinomiya, 27 January-4 March; NARIWA MUSEUM, Okayama, 10 March-15 April; SAKURA CITY MUSEUM OF ART, Chiba, 28 April-3 June.
OKLAHOMA CITY MUSEUM OF ART. "Americans in Paris: 1850-1910," 28 August-30 November 2003.
DENVER ART MUSEUM. "Whistler to Cassatt: American Painters in France," 14 November 2021-13 March 2022, no. 57, color ill. p. 215. Tour: VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Richmond, 16 April-31 July.
Published References
LERNER, ABRAM, ed. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Abrams, 1974), p. 722, fig. 113.
GERDTS, WILLIAM H. American Impressionism (New York: Abbeville Press, 1984), no. 43, ill.
DE VEER, ELIZABETH and RICHARD J. BOYLE. Sunlight and Shadow: The Life and Art of Willard L. Metcalf (New York: Abbeville Press, 1987), fig. 221, p. 191.
MARTIN, JANE, et al. L'Art des Etats-Unis (Paris: Citadelles & Mazenod, 1992), no. 537, ill, pp. 547, 614.
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School
American Impressionism
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1972
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
72.200
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
34 × 43 5/8 in. (86.2 × 110.6 cm)
