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JEAN-FREDERIC BAZILLE (1841-1870)
Pot de fleurs
signed and dated 'F. Bazille. 66' (lower left)
oil on canvas
39 1/2 x 31 3/4 in. (100.3 x 80.9 cm.)
Painted in 1866
Provenance
Commandant Hippolyte and Valentine Thérèse Lejosne, Paris (gift from the artist, circa 1868, then by descent).
Dr. F. Shöni, Zurich (acquired from the above, circa 1952).
John Hay and Betsey Cushing Whitney, New York (acquired from the above, 27 October 1960).
The Greentree Foundation, New York (gift from the above, circa 1998); sale, Sotheby's, New York, 5 May 2004, lot 17.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
J. Ixe, "Les artistes Montpellierains au Salon de 1868: Lettres au Directeur du Journal de Montpellier" in Journal de Montpellier, 23 May 1868, no. 21.
G. Poulain, Bazille et ses amis, Paris, 1932, p. 213, no. 13 (titled Fleurs).
D. Wildenstein, "Le peintre des natures mortes" in Arts, 9 June 1950.
F. Daulte, Frédéric Bazille et son temps, Geneva, 1952, p. 173, no. 18 (illustrated; with incorrect dimensions).
H.L.F., "London's Public Glimpse at the Private J.H. Whitney Collection" in Art News, vol. 59, no. 9, January 1961, pp. 36 and 55 (illustrated, p. 36, fig. 2).
J. Rewald, The History of Impressionism, New York, 1973, pp. 113 (illustrated).
F. Daulte, "Une grande amitié: Edmond Maître et Frédéric Bazille" in L'Œil, no. 273, April 1978, p. 38, no. 4 (illustrated; with incorrect dimensions).
J. Bumpus, Impressionist Gardens, Oxford, 1990, p. 45, no. 33 (detail illustrated in color, p. 45; with incorrect dimensions).
F. Daulte, Frédéric Bazille et les débuts de l'Impressionnisme: Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint, Paris, 1992, p. 161, no. 20 (illustrated).
V. Bajou, Frédéric Bazille Aix-en-Provence, 1993, p. 119, no. 59 (illustrated in color).
M. Schulman, Frédéric Bazille Catalogue raisonné, peintures, dessins, pastels, aquarelles, Paris, 1995, pp. 141-142, no. 24 (illustrated in color, p. 141).
M. Schulman, Frédéric Bazille The Digital Catalogue Raisonné (www.bazille-catalogue.com), no. MSb-24 (illustrated in color).
Exhibited
Paris, Palais de l'Industrie, Salon de 1868, May-June 1868, no. 147 (titled Etude de fleurs).
Paris, Wildenstein et Cie., Frédéric Bazille June-July 1950, no. 21 (titled Etude de fleurs; with incorrect dimensions).
Paris, Musée Jacquemart-André, Le Second Empire, May-June 1957, no. 6 (titled Fleurs; with incorrect dimensions).
London, The Tate Gallery, The John Hay Whitney Collection, December 1960-January 1961, no. 2. Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, The John Hay Whitney Collection, May-September 1983, p. 16, no. 1 (illustrated in color, p. 17).
Paris, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais and New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Origins of Impressionism, April 1994-January 1995, pp. 331-332, no. 4 (illustrated in color, p. 176, fig. 221; illustrated again, p. 331; titled Etude de fleurs).
Washington, D.C., The Phillips Collection and Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Impressionist Still Life, September 2001-June 2002, pp. 60, 62, 65 and 198, no. 1 (illustrated in color, p. 65, pl. 11; titled Study of Flowers).
The Cleveland Museum of Arts and London, The Royal Academy of Arts, Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse, October 2015-April 2016, p. 81 (illustrated in color, fig. 64; titled Study of Flowers).
Montpellier, Musée Fabre; Paris, Musée d'Orsay and Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, Frédéric Bazille and the Birth of Impressionism, June 2016-July 2017, pp. 90-93 and 235, no. 31 (illustrated twice in color, pp. 91 and 235).
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