Details
HENRI ROUSSEAU, called Le Douanier (1844-1910)
Esquisse pour La vue de l'Ile Saint-Louis prise du Quai Henri IV
oil on paper laid down on canvas
8 5/8 x 11 1/8in. (21.9 x 28.2cm.)
Painted circa 1909
Esquisse pour La vue de l'Ile Saint-Louis prise du Quai Henri IV
oil on paper laid down on canvas
8 5/8 x 11 1/8in. (21.9 x 28.2cm.)
Painted circa 1909
Provenance
W. Uhde, Paris (circa 1910)
Arthur B. Davies, New York; sale, American Art Association, New York, April 17, 1929, lot 360
Julius H. Weitzner, (circa 1942)
Mrs. Henry D. Sharpe, Providence, Rhode Island (1946)
Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island; sale, Christie's, New York, Nov. 3, 1982, lot 43 (acquired by the present owner)
Arthur B. Davies, New York; sale, American Art Association, New York, April 17, 1929, lot 360
Julius H. Weitzner, (circa 1942)
Mrs. Henry D. Sharpe, Providence, Rhode Island (1946)
Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island; sale, Christie's, New York, Nov. 3, 1982, lot 43 (acquired by the present owner)
Literature
D.C. Rich, Henri Rousseau, New York, 1942, p. 60 (illustrated)
J. Bouret, Henri Rousseau, Neuchâtel, 1961, p. 240, no. 218 (illustrated)
D. Vallier, Henri Rousseau, Paris, 1961, p. 124, no. 24 (illustrated)
D. Vallier, Tout l'oeuvre peint de Henri Rousseau, Paris, 1970, pp. 112-113, no. 228 B (illustrated)
H. Certigny, Le Douanier Rousseau en Son Temps, Tokyo, 1984, vol. II, p. 608, no. 284 (illustrated, p. 609)
J. Bouret, Henri Rousseau, Neuchâtel, 1961, p. 240, no. 218 (illustrated)
D. Vallier, Henri Rousseau, Paris, 1961, p. 124, no. 24 (illustrated)
D. Vallier, Tout l'oeuvre peint de Henri Rousseau, Paris, 1970, pp. 112-113, no. 228 B (illustrated)
H. Certigny, Le Douanier Rousseau en Son Temps, Tokyo, 1984, vol. II, p. 608, no. 284 (illustrated, p. 609)
Exhibited
Paris, Salon des Indépendents, Salle Rousseau, 1911, no. 30
Berlin, Ausstellung der Berliner Secession, 1912, no.
Chicago, Art Institute, Henri Rousseau, Jan.- , 1942, n.n. The exhibition traveled to New York, Museum of Modern Art, -May, 1942, n.n.
New York, Wildenstein & Co., Inc., Henri Rousseau, April-May, 1963, no. 57
Paris, Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Réunion des Musées Nationaux Paris, Le Douanier Rousseau, Sept., 1984-Jan., 1985, no. 58
Berlin, Ausstellung der Berliner Secession, 1912, no.
Chicago, Art Institute, Henri Rousseau, Jan.- , 1942, n.n. The exhibition traveled to New York, Museum of Modern Art, -May, 1942, n.n.
New York, Wildenstein & Co., Inc., Henri Rousseau, April-May, 1963, no. 57
Paris, Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Réunion des Musées Nationaux Paris, Le Douanier Rousseau, Sept., 1984-Jan., 1985, no. 58