Banks of the Seine at Argenteuil

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Maker


1832-1883

Title

Banks of the Seine at Argenteuil

Date of Production

1874

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

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

Object Number

LP.1997.XX.14

Mode of Acquisition

Private collection, loan, 1997

Credit

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

Location

On display
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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.

Inscriptions

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

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
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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
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