Edmond François Aman-Jean (French, 1858–1936)

Edmond François Aman-Jean

Aman-Jean, a French Symbolist painter, was likely more concerned with evoking a wistful, meditative mood in this painting of an unidentified woman than with defining a specific personality or likeness. The restrained, tonal palette and flat, decorative shapes suggest the influence of Pierre Puvis de Chavannes and James McNeill Whistler. The postcard pinned to the wall may represent a work by Sandro Botticelli. Aman-Jean exhibited this painting at the Paris Salon of 1891.

Year in Review: 1972. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 27-March 18, 1973).

Year in Review: 1972

Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Beijing World Art Museum (May 26-August 27, 2006); Mori Art Center (September 16-November 26, 2006); Seoul Art Center, South Korea (December 22, 2006-March 28, 2007); Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, South Korea (April 7-May 20, 2007); Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada (June 9-September 16, 2007); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 21, 2007-January 13, 2008); Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN (February 15-June 1, 2008); Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT (June 22-September 21, 2008); The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (October 12, 2008-January 18, 2009).

Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art

Whistler, The Butterfly Effect. Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, Rouen, France (May 24-September 22, 2024) https://mbarouen.fr/fr/expositions/whistler-l-effet-papillon.

Whistler, The Butterfly Effect

Paris, Palais des Champs-Élysées. Salon (1891), jean (a.-e.), no. 874, h.c.[Hors Concours] Portrait; or no. 875, Portrait.

CMA (organizer). Beijing World Art Museum, China, May 26 - Aug. 27, 2006; Mori Arts Center, Tokyo, Japan: Sept. 9 - Nov. 26, 2006; Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea: Dec. 18, 2006 - March 31, 2007; Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea: Apr. 7 - May 20, 2007; Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia: June 9 - Sept. 16, 2007; Cleveland Musuem of Art, Oct. 2007- January 2008 and the Frist Center, Nashville, TN, Feb. 21-June 1, 2008:  "Modern Masters from the Cleveland Musuem of Art"

CMA (organizer). Beijing World Art Museum, China, May 26 - Aug. 27, 2006; Mori Arts Center, Tokyo, Japan: Sept. 9 - Nov. 26, 2006; Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea: Dec. 18, 2006 - March 31, 2007; Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea: Apr. 7 - May 20, 2007; Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: June 9 - Sept. 16, 2007; Cleveland Museum of Art, Oct. 21, 2007- January 13, 2008;  Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN, Feb. 21-June 1, 2008; Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT, June 22 - September 21, 2008; and the Detroit Institute of Arts, MI, October 12, 2008 - January 18, 2009:  "Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art"

An oil portrait depicts a woman with light skin tone seated in a wicker chair, turned toward our left. She gazes pensively, wearing a black jacket over a muted pink dress with dark gloves, her dark hair swept up. Behind her, a gray wall is inscribed with the name "Aman Jean" near a small pinned portrait. Below, a landscape painting leans against the wall beside a thin, sparse plant in the quiet interior.

(Paris salon, 1891, no. 874 or 875, probably sold to a private collector)

Possibly a private collector, probably sold to an Italian private collector.

Private collector, Italy, by descent to his family

Family of an Italian collector, possibly consigned to Christie's

(Christie's, London, sale, July 9, 1971, lot 258, sold to Ferrers Gallery

(Ferrers Gallery, London, probably sold to Cyril Humphris)

(Cyril Humphris, London, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)

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