Bathers (Study for "Bathers at Asnières")
1883/1884
Artist, French, 1859 - 1891


West Building Main Floor, Gallery 88
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on wood
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Credit Line
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Accession
2014.18.54
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Georges Renand [1879-1968], at least in 1965.[1] Paul Mellon [1907-1999], Upperville, Virginia; bequest 1999 to NGA, with life interest to his wife, Rachel Lambert Mellon [1910-2014].
[1] Renand, a director of the French department store La Samaritaine, lent the painting to a 1965 exhibition in Chartres. The painting did not appear in any of the four sales of Renand's collection (Hôtel Drouot, Paris: 20 November 1987, and 15 March, 31 May, and 13 December, all 1988).
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1965
Caillebotte et ses amis Impressionnistes (Cezanne, Manet, Sisley, Renoir...), Musée de Chartres, 1965, no. 38, repro.
Bibliography
1991
Grenier, Catherine. Seurat: Catalogue complet des peintures. Paris, 1991: 57, no. 89, repro.
2014
Kelly, Franklin. "A Lasting Legacy: The Completion of an Unparalleled Gift." National Gallery of Art Bulletin no. 51 (Fall 2014): 13, repro.
Wikidata ID
Q20189581