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Banks of the Seine at Argenteuil

Maker

1832-1883

Title

Date of Production

1874

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

Height: 62.3 cm (canvas)
Width: 103 cm (canvas)

Accession Number

LP.1997.XX.14

Mode of Acquisition

Private collection, loan, 1997

Credit

Private Collection. On long-term loan to The Courtauld Gallery, London

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

On display

Keywords

Label Text

This work is one of Édouard Manet’s most vivid experiments in painting outdoors, inspired by the younger Impressionists’ approach. It was created during a summer stay with Claude Monet in the town of Argenteuil, outside Paris. Monet’s wife, Camille, and son, Jean, posed for the figures. Lining the other side of the river are barges for washing laundry. The bright colours and swift brushstrokes creating the ripples on the water show Monet’s influence. However, Manet maintained his distinctive use of thick oil paint and rich blacks to give weight to the painting.

Provenance

Ernest May, Paris; Auguste Pellerin, Paris; Paul Durand-Ruel, Paris; Theodore Behrens, Hamburg; Galerie Barbazanges, Paris; M. Knoedler & Co., London; purchased by Samuel Courtauld, August 1923; bequeathed to Christabel McLaren, Lady Aberconway, 1947; private collection

Exhibition History

Masterpieces of Impressionism from The Courtauld Gallery, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan, 10/09/2019-15/12/2019; Aichi Prefectural Museum, Nagoya, Japan, 03/01/2020-15/03/2020; Kobe City Museum, Kobe, Japan, 28/03/2020-21/06/2020

The Courtauld Collection. A Vision for Impressionism, Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris, 20/02/2019-17/06/2019

Courtauld Impressionists: From Manet to Cezanne, National Gallery, London, 17/09/2018-20/01/2019 ...More

Monet and the Birth of Impressionism, Stadel Museum, Frankfurt, 11/03/2015-28/06/2015

Manet, Inventor of Modernity, Musee d'Orsay & Paris & France, 04/04/2011-17/07/2011

The Impressionists at Argenteuil, Hartford & USA, 06/09/2000-03/12/2000

The Impressionists at Argenteuil, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 28/05/2000-20/08/2000

National Gallery (to be displayed with permanent collection), National Gallery, London, 01/09/1997-01/06/1998 ...Less

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : signed : bottom left & recto : Manet '74

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