Charles Angrand
The Harvesters

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Artist Charles Angrand (French, 1854–1926)French, 1854–1926

CultureFrench

Titles

The Harvesters

Date1892

PlaceFrance

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions31 1/8 × 48 5/8 in. (79.1 × 123.5 cm)

Credit LineJohn A. and Audrey Jones Beck Collection, gift of Audrey Jones Beck

Object number98.267

Current Location

The Audrey Jones Beck Building

224 Beck Galleries

Exposé

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Department

European Art, Beck Collection

Special Collections

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenanceMr. Mautouchet, Paris (purchased from the artist); [sale, Hôtel George-V, Paris, “Tableaux Modernes,” June 24,1980, lot 28, as “Les moissons,” illus.]; purchased by Walter F. Brown, (1930-2014), San Antonio [1] [2] [3]; Mrs. Audrey Jones Beck, Houston, 1986 [4]; given to the MFAH, 1998.

[1] Walter F. Brown (Breckenridge, Texas, 1930-San Antonio, 2014) and his wife Leonora were important collectors of Asian art and generous donors to the San Antonio Museum of Art.

[2] Correspondence dated October 9, 1986 from Janet L. Brown in San Antonio, Texas, to the auctioneers Ader, Picard, Tajan, indicates the purchaser as noted herein and the date of sale. [MFAH object file-accessed by Robert McD. Parker, April 2024.]

[3] Three printed shipping labels for the European transporting company CFTI-SAIMA are affixed to the stretcher. Annotated by hand, each bears one of the following inscriptions: “Walter / New Mexico, USA, and perhaps a shipping number ‘536216.’”

[4] On July 28, 1986, Audrey Jones Beck wrote to Walter F. Brown expressing her interest in the “prices and provenances” of seven paintings in his collection, including the present work. [MFAH object file-accessed by Robert McD. Parker, April 2024.]
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "Les Vingt, Eight Annual Exhibition", Brussels, Belgium, 1891, no. 2.

Exhibited: "Seventh Exhibition of the Société des Artistes Indépendants", Pris, Pavillon de la Ville, 1891, no. II.

Exhibited: "Fourth Exhibition of Expressionist and Symbolist Painters", Paris, Le Barc de Boutteville, 1893, no. 6

Exhibited: "Third Exhibition, Groupe des peintres neo-impressionnistes", Paris, 1894.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inscription: lower left, obverse:

signed and dated, recto, lower left: "CH. ANGRAND-92".

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