Artist
Armand Guillaumin(French, 1841–1927)French, 1841–1927
CultureFrench
Titles
- View of the Seine, Paris
Date1871
PlaceParis, France
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions49 3/4 × 71 3/8 in. (126.4 × 181.3 cm)
Credit LineJohn A. and Audrey Jones Beck Collection, gift of Audrey Jones Beck
Object number71.5
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
222 Beck Galleries
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Department
European Art, Beck CollectionSpecial Collections
Object Type
[1] The present work was still in the artist’s possession in 1878; it hangs in the background of the artist’s studio in another painting by Guillaumin, executed in 1878, depicting the seated figure of Dr. Martinez---a fellow artist and friend. [Guillaumin’s “Portrait of Dr. Martinez in Guillaumin’s studio, 1878” was formerly in the Iris and B Gerald Cantor Collection, Los Angeles. See Conisbee, Philip et al. Monet to Matisse; French Art in Southern California Collections (Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art , June 9-August 11, 1991), p. 45.]
[2] The Galerie Raphaël Gerard, Paris, held an exhibition entitled “Sélection d’oeuvres de Guillaumin (1841-1927)” from 4-26 November 1938. The present work was listed in the catalogue as cat. no. 5: “Quai Henri IV” without indication of the owner. An image of the label for the Galerie Raphaël Gerard that had once been affixed to the verso of the painting, now removed, is recorded in the MFAH object file; the label corroborates the identification of the exhibited work. [accessed by Robert McD. Parker, April 2024.]
[3] The MFAH object file includes a copy of the bill of sale from this auction. [accessed by Robert McD. Parker, April 2024.]
Exhibition History35 Boulevard des Capucines, Paris, Société Anonyme des Artistes, Peintres, Sculpteurs, Graveurs, etc., Première Exposition, (first impressionist exhibition), 1874, no. 65, as Temps Pluvieux (Rainy Weather)
Galerie Raphaël Gerard, Paris, Exposition Guillaumin, November 1958, no. 5
Palais Galliéra, June 18, 1969, "Important Tableau par Guillaumin 'La Seine à Paris' ", number 49
Hirschl and Adler Galleries, New York, Paintings by Jean Baptiste Armand Guillaumin (1841-1927), 3 November - 27 November 1971, no. 33. (LN:71.19)
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, The Collection of John A. and Audrey Jones Beck, 1974, pp. 48-49
Exhibited:"The New Painting: Impressionism 1874-1886" National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. 16 Jan. - 6 April 1986; The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 19 April - 20 July 1986, no. 5, pp. 120, 128, as Temps pluvieux (Rainy Weather)(LN:86.5)
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed lower right: Guillaumin 71
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