The Old Bridge
1910
Artist, French, 1880 - 1954
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 81 x 100.3 cm (31 7/8 x 39 1/2 in.)
framed: 109.8 x 12.7 x 7.6 cm (43 1/4 x 5 x 3 in.) -
Accession
1963.10.130
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler [1884-1979], Paris).[1] Jean Laroche [1866-1935], Villa Sauge Pourprée, Deauville, by 1924; (his sale, Paris, 8 December 1928, no. 43); purchased by (Etienne Bignou, Paris) for Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York;[2] bequest 1963 to NGA.
[1] The contents of the Kahnweiler Gallery were sequestered by the French government and sold at four sales in Paris: 13 June 1921, 17 November 1921, 4 July 1922 and 7 May 1923. No object that seems to match this painting appears in any of the sales catalogues, suggesting that this painting was sold prior to the sales.
[2] Letter from Bignou to Kraushaar dated 11 December 1928 lists the three paintings he bought for Chester Dale at the Laroche sale, Kraushaar Gallery Records, Archives of American Art, Box 12, Folder 34 (Incoming Correspondence).
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1912
International Art Exhibition, Sonderbund westdeutscher Kunstfreunde und Künstler (Special League of West German Art Lovers and Artists), Ausstellungshalle, Cologne, 1912, no. 240.
1924
L'Exposition, Stockholm, 1924, no. 434.
1930
Painting in Paris from American Collections, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1930, no. 20, repro.
1932
Derain - Vlaminck: Comparative Exhibition, Museum of French Art, French Institute in the United States, New York, 1932, no. 13, repro.
1943
Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection, Art Institute of Chicago, 1943-1952 (extended loan), unnumbered catalogue, repro.
1952
Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1952, unnumbered catalogue, repro.
1965
The Chester Dale Bequest, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965, unnumbered checklist.
Bibliography
1929
Dale, Maud. Before Manet to Modigliani from the Chester Dale Collection. New York, 1929: no. 81, repro.
Jewell, Edwin Alden. "A Museum of Modern Art for New York." The New York Times. 22 September 1929: sec. 5: 12, repro.
1932
The New York Times. 28 February 1932:VIII:10, repro.
1943
Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. The Art Institute of Chicago, 1943:, 21, repro.
1952
Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1952 (2nd ed., 1960; rev. ed., 1965): 18, repro.
1960
Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1960 (2nd ed.): 20, repro.
The National Gallery of Art and Its Collections. Foreword by Perry B. Cott and notes by Otto Stelzer. National Gallery of Art, Washington (undated, 1960s): 10, repro.
1965
Twentieth Century French Paintings & Sculpture of the French School in the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965 (rev. ed.): 19, repro.
Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 41.
1968
National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 33, repro.
1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 104, repro.
1984
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 590, no. 910, color repro.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 127, repro.
1992
Kellermann, Michel. André Derain, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint. Vol. 1, 1895-1914. Paris, 1992: no. 181, 111, repro., as Le Vieux Pont a Cagnes.
Inscriptions
lower right: a derain
Wikidata ID
Q20191448