Frédéric Bazille
The Little Gardener

ArtistFrench, 1841–1870
CultureFrench
Titles
  • The Little Gardener
Datec. 1866–1867
PlaceFrance
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions50 3/8 × 66 1/2 inches (128 × 168.9 cm)

Credit LineJohn A. and Audrey Jones Beck Collection, gift of Audrey Jones Beck
Object number76.236
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
222 Beck Galleries
On view

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ProvenanceFamily of the artist; Frédéric Bazille; Madame Hérisson, Montpellier; [Jacques Fischer, Paris]; Sophie Marie Jordan, Paris; [Heim Gallery, London]; Audrey Jones Beck, Houston, 1976; given to MFAH, 1976.
Exhibition HistoryMontpellier, Exposition Internationale de Montpellier, "Rétrospective Bazille," 1927, no. 32, as "Parc de Méri"

Montpellier, Musée Fabre, "Bazille Centenary Exhibition," 1941, no. 22

Paris, Galerie Wildenstein, 1950, no. 19

Montpellier, Musée Fabre, exhibition organized in honor of the XVII Congrès de l'Association des Pédiatres de Langue Française, 1959, no. 11

Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, "Frédéric Bazille and Early Impressionism," Mar 4 - Apr 30 1978, no. 19 (LN:78.4)

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