In the Park
1924
Artist, French, 1885 - 1956
East Building Ground Level, Gallery 103-D
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 92.1 x 65.4 cm (36 1/4 x 25 3/4 in.)
framed: 115.6 x 88.6 x 8.8 cm (45 1/2 x 34 7/8 x 3 7/16 in.) -
Accession
1963.10.158
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Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Paul Rosenberg and Co., London); probably on consignment with (Wildenstein and Co., London, New York and Paris); by whom sold 1925 to Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York; bequest 1963 to NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1928
Loan Exhibition of Modern French Art from the Chester Dale Collection for the Benefit of the French Hospital of New York, Wildenstein Galleries, 1928, no. 18
1931
A Group of Twentieth Century Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection, Department of Fine Arts, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, 1931, no. 10
1943
Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection, Art Institute of Chicago, 1943-1952 (extended loan), unnumbered catalogue, repro. p. 30
1952
Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1952, no. 30, 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. 89, repro.
1931
Dale, Maud. "Twentieth Century Paintings." The Carnegie Magazine V, no. 2 (May 1931):35-37, repro. [reprint from foreward to catalogue of 1931 Carnegie exhibition of paintings from the Chester Dale collection.]
Pittsburgh Press. 7 May 1931:38, repro.
1943
Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. The Art Institute of Chicago, 1943:, 30, repro.
1952
Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1952 (2nd ed., 1960; rev. ed., 1965): 30, repro.
1960
Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1960 (2nd ed.): 32, repro.
1965
Twentieth Century French Paintings & Sculpture of the French School in the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965 (rev. ed.): 35, repro.
Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 73.
1968
National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 64, repro.
1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 188, repro.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 221, repro.
Inscriptions
lower right: Marie Laurencin / 1924
Wikidata ID
Q20192488