Provenance
1Gustave Tempelaere Paris Marianne Wirenfeldt Asmussen, Wilhelm Hansens oprindelige franske samling på Ordrupgaard; Wilhelm Hansen's Original French Collection at Ordrupgaard, Copenhagen 1993, no. 77.
2Dr. Georges Viau Paris • by 1900 Exposition centennale de l'art français de 1800 à 1889, Exposition Universelle de 1900 (Grand Palais), Paris 1900, no. 283.
3Alfred Ströhlin Paris Wirenfeldt as above, n. (1).
4Ferdinand & Julien Tempelaere Paris Wirenfeldt as above, n. (1).
5Duval-Fleury Paris Wirenfeldt, as above, n. (1).
6Wilhelm Hansen Ordrupgaard, Copenhague • 1918–1923 Wirenfeldt, as above, n. (1).
7Kojiro Matsukata Kobe • 1923–1944 Acquired through the medium of the Galerie Barbazanges, Paris, from the above for FF 40.000, The Matsukata Collection: Complete Catalogue of the European Art, vol. 1, Paintings, Masako Kawaguchi, Megumi Jingaoka (ed.), The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo 2018, no. 461.
8Seized by the French government December 1944 and offered for sale in Paris 1947 The Masukata Collection, as above, n. (7); Biens ennemis sous séquestre, Collection privée, Importants tableaux modernes [...], (sale cat.) Hôtel Drouot Paris, 21 November 1947, no. 5.
9Max Kaganovitch Paris • 1947 The Matsukata Collection, as above, n. (7).
10Robert Lebel Paris • 1953 Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., Jacques Seligmann & Co. records, Box 56, Folder 11, Correspondence between Robert Lebel, Paris, and Germain Seligman, New York, 12 February 1953–4 May 1953, in particular Letter from Seligman to Lebel of 23 March 1953, asking for more information regarding previous owners, with no reference to the 1947 sale.
11Germain Seligman New York • 1953–1955 Acquired from or through the medium of the above on 20 March 1953 for $ 2.000, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., Jacques Seligmann & Co. records, Box 286, Folder 1, Bound Stock Lists, 1953, pp. 116–117.
12Emil Bührle Zurich • 31 January 1955 until [d.] 28 November 1956 Acquired from the above for $ 6.000, AStEGB, Invoice from Jacques Seligmann & Co., Inc., New York, made out to Emil Bührle, 6 January 1955; Correspondence between Germain Seligman, New York, and Welti-Furrer, Zurich, regarding the shipment of the painting to Switzerland, 30 November 1954–10 December 1954; Letter from Germain Seligman, New York, to Emil Bührle, 6 January 1955, accompanying the invoice for the painting; Letter from Germain Seligman, New York, to Emil Bührle, 31 January 1955, acknowledging receipt of the above amount.
13Given by the heirs of Emil Bührle to the Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection Zurich • 1960 Inv. 44.
AStEGB = Archive of the Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection, Zurich
Victoria Fantin-Latour, Catalogue de l’œuvre complet (1849-1904) de Fantin-Latour, Paris, 1911 (reprint Amsterdam & New York, 1969 ; Paris, 2000).
Exhibitions
1861Ouvrages de peinture, sculpture, gravure, lithograhpie et architecture des artistes vivants… [Salon de 1861] Palais des Champs-Elysées • Paris • 1861 no. 1059.
1900Exposition centennale de l'art français de 1800 à 1889, Exposition Universelle de 1900(Grand Palais) • Paris • 1900 no. 283.
1906Exposition de l'œuvre de Fantin-Latour École nationale des Beaux-Arts • Paris • 1906 no. 10.
1914Fransk Malerkunst fra det 19nde Aarhundrede Dansk Kunstmuseums Forening (Statens Museum for Kunst) • Copenhagen • 191 no. 86.
1924Inaugural Exposition of French Art California Palace of the Legion of Honor • San Francisco • 1924–25 no. 22.
1952Cent Portraits d'hommes du XIVe siècle à nos jours Galerie Charpentier • Paris • 1952 no. 27.
1958Sammlung Emil G. Bührle, Festschrift zu Ehren von Emil G. Bührle zur Eröffnung des Kunsthaus-Neubaus und Katalog der Sammlung Emil G. Bührle Kunsthaus Zurich • 1958 no. 317.
1990The Passionate Eye, Impressionist and Other Master Paintings from the Collection of Emil G. Bührle, Zurich, Catalogue of the Exhibition in Commemoration of the 100th Birthday of the Collector Emil G. Bührle National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. • Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal • Yokohama Museum of Art • Royal Academy of Arts, London • 1990–91 no. 34.
2007Fantin-Latour, De la réalité au rêve Fondation de l'Hermitage • Lausanne • 2007 no. 11.
2010Van Gogh, Cézanne, Monet, Die Sammlung Bührle zu Gast im Kunsthaus Zürich Kunsthaus Zurich • 2010 no. 44.
2016Von Dürer bis van Gogh, Sammlung Bührle trifft Wallraf Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud • Cologne • 2016–17 no. 38.
2017Chefs-d'oeuvre de la collection Bührle, Manet, Cézanne, Monet, Van Gogh… Fondation de l'Hermitage • Lausanne • 2017 no. 10.
2017Gefeiert & verspottet, Französische Malerei 1820–1880 Kunsthaus Zurich • 2017–18 no. 42.
2018Bührle Collection: Impressionist Masterpieces from the E.G. Bührle Collection, Zurich (Switzerland) National Art Center, Tokyo • Kyushu National Museum, Fukuoka • Nagoya City Art Museum • 2018 no. 4.
References
1904Revue Universelle Paris • 1904 • no. 121.
1909Adolphe Jullien Fantin-Latour, Sa vie et ses amitiés Paris • 1909 • pp. 21–22, 196.
1911Victoria Fantin-Latour Catalogue de l'œuvre complet (1849–1904) de Fantin-Latour Paris • 1911 • no. 167 (2Amsterdam & New York 1969 • 3Paris 2000).
1924Frank Gibson The Art of Henri Fantin-Latour, His Life and Work London • 1924 • p. 41.
1926Gustave Kahn Fantin-Latour Paris • 1926 • fig. 3.
1973Leopold Reidemeister etc. Stiftung Sammlung Emil G. Bührle • Fondation Collection Emil G. Bührle • Foundation Emil G. Bührle Collection Zurich & Munich • 1973 • no. 37 (ill.; 21986).
1993Marianne Wirenfeldt Asmussen Wilhelm Hansens oprindelige franske samling på Ordrupgaard • Wilhelm Hansen's Original French Collection at Orupgaard Copenhagen • 1993 • no. 77 (ill.).
1994Emil Maurer Stiftung Sammlung E.G. Bührle, Zürich Bern • 1994 • p. 38 (ill.; English edition: Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection, Zurich, Bern 1995).
2005Lukas Gloor, Marco Goldin (ed.)Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection, Zurich, Catalogue vol. 2 • Conegliano & Zurich • 2005 • no. 61 (ill.; German edition: Stiftung Sammlung E.G. Bührle, Katalog • Italian edition: Fondazione Collezione E.G. Bührle, Catalogo).
2011Fantin-Latour, Manet, Baudelaire, L'Hommage à Delacroix (exh. cat.) Musée national Eugène-Delacroix • Paris • 2011–12 • fig. 1.
2013Bridget Alsdorf Fellow Men, Fantin-Latour and The Problem of the Group in Ninenteenth-Century French Painting Princeton & Oxford • 2013 • p. 31, fig. 1.12.
2017David Misteli «L'aveuglement du cyclope, Les réalismes de Van Gogh en 1887; Blinding the Cyclops, Van Gogh's Realisms in 1887» in Calme et Exaltation, Van Gogh dans la Collection Bührle; Calm and Exaltation, Van Gogh in the Bührle Collection (exh. cat.) Fondation Vincent van Gogh • Arles • 2017 • pp. 29, 34, fig. 4.
2018The Matsukata Collection: Complete Catalogue of the European Art vol. 1 Paintings Masako Kawaguchi, Megumi Jingaoka (ed.) • The National Museum of Western Art • Tokyo • 2018 • no. 461 (ill.).
2021Lukas Gloor «The Holdings of the Emil Bührle Collection: Illustrated List of All 633 Purchases» in The Emil Bührle Collection: History, Full Catalogue and 70 Masterpieces Swiss Institute for Art Research, Zurich (ed.) • Munich • 2021 • no. 425 (ill.).