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Chickens, Game Birds, and Hares

Chickens, Game Birds, and Hares

c. 1882
(French, 1848–1894)
France
oil on canvas
Unframed: 75.9 x 105.1 cm (29 7/8 x 41 3/8 in.)
Promised Gift of Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley 10.2020
Location: 222 Impressionism & Post-Impressionism

Did You Know?

Caillebotte balanced the notion of the wild with the orderly in this painting, as he created a grid-like composition of the vertically oriented game against the horizontal planes of the butcher shop shelves and hooks.

Description

Known largely for his figure and landscape paintings, Gustave Caillebotte also painted a series of stunning still lifes depicting fruit, shellfish, meat, chickens, and dead game. His exacting eye for realistic detail is evident in this view of chickens, game birds, and rabbits neatly arranged in a butcher shop. Fur, skin, and feathers are rendered with small, broken strokes of kaleidoscopic color—shimmering blues, deep reds, radiant yellows, and glowing greens. This superb display of Impressionist technique applied to a traditional subject forms a fascinating counterpoint to Caillebotte’s Portrait of a Man in the museum’s collection.
  • 1894–1910
    Gustave Caillebotte, Paris, France, by descent to the artist's brother, Martial Caillebotte [1853–1910], Paris, France
    1910–c. 1978/1979
    Martial Caillebotte, Paris, France, by descent to his daughter, Geneviève Caillebotte Chardeau [1890–1986], Paris, France
    1978–1979
    (Geneviève Calliebotte Chardeau, Paris, France, sold to Wildenstein and Co., New York, NY, about 1978–1979)
    1978 or 1979–1981
    (Wildenstein and Co., New York, NY, 1981, sold to Private Collection, Madrid, Spain)
    2000
    (Sotheby's, London, United Kingdom, June 27, 2000, lot 24, sold to Samuel Josefowitz [1921–2015])
    2000–2015
    Josefowitz family, Lusanne, Switzerland, sold to Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley
    2015–
    Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley, Cleveland, OH, promised gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    Provenance Footnotes
    1 According to the 2000 Sotheby's sale catalogue, lot 24.
  • Galerie Durand-Ruel. Exposition Rétrospective dOeuvres de G. Caillebotte. Paris: Galerie Durand-Ruel, 1894. Mentioned: P. 7, no. 87
    Berhaut, Marie, Peter Galassi, Hilarie Faberman, Kirk Varnedoe, and Thomas P. Lee. Gustave Caillebotte: A Retrospective Exhibition, 1976-1977, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston-October 22 to January 2, the Brooklyn Museum-February 12 to April 24. Houston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1976. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 164, no. 60
    Berhaut, Marie. Caillebotte: sa vie et son oeuvre : catalogue raisonné des peintures et pastels. Paris, France: La Bibliothèque des Arts, 1978. Reproduced: p. 156, cat. no. 220
    Varnedoe, Kirk. Gustave Caillebotte. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1987. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 160, no. 49
    Berhaut, Marie and Sophie Pietri. Gustave Caillebotte: catalogue raisonné des peintures et pastels. Paris, France: Wildenstein Institute, 1994. Reproduced: p.164, no. 242
    Darragon, Eric. Caillebotte. Paris, France: Flammarion, 1994. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 136-137
    Gustave Caillebotte, 1848-1894: Paris, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, 12 septembre 1994-9 janvier 1995 [et] Chicago, Art Institute, 15 février-28 mai 1995. Paris, France: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1994. Mentioned and Reproduced: P. 326-327, no.108
    Distel, Annel. Gustave Caillebotte, Urban Impressionist. Paris, France: Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 1995. Mentioned: P. 235, 238; Mentioned and reproduced: P. 246-247; Reproduced: P. 230-231
    Rathbone, Eliza E., and George T. M. Shackelford. Impressionist Still Life. New York, NY: H.N. Abrams, 2001. Reproduced: p. 139
    Cosandier, Juliane-Willi. Caillebotte, au cœur de l'impressionisme: [publié à l'occasion de l'exposition ... conçue par la Fondation de l'Hermitage à Lausanne, et présentée du 24 juin au 23 octobre 2005. Lausanne, Switzerland: Bibliothèque des arts, 2005. Reproduced: p. 107
    Guégan, Stéphane, Laurence Madeline, Gilles Genty, and Armance Valle. L'ABCdaire de Caillebotte. Paris, France: Flammarion, 2005. Reproduced: p. 18-19
    Caillebotte, Martial, and Yasuhide Shimbata. カイユボット展 : 都市の印象派 =Gustave Caillebotte: Impressionist in Modern Paris. [Tokyo]: Bridgestone Museum of Art, Ishibashi Foundation, 2013. Mentioned and reproduced: 174-176, no. 59
    Morton, Mary G., George T. M. Shackelford. Gustave Caillebotte: The Painter's Eye. Washington: National Gallery of Art, Fort Worth: Kimbell Art Museum; Chicago: in association with the University of Chicago Press, 2015. Reproduced: P. 193, no. 31
    "Awards Acquisition of the Year Shortlist." Apollo: The International Magazine for Collectors 192, no. 692 (December 2020): 48-56 Reproduced and mentioned: p. 54
  • Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 11, 2022-January 8, 2023).
    Gustave Caillebotte: The Painter's Eye. National Gallery of Art, Washington DC (June 28-October 4, 2015); Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX (November 8, 2015-February 14, 2016).
    Gustave Caillebotte: Impressionist in Modern Paris. Bridgestone of Museum Art, Tokyo, Japan (October 10-December 29, 2013).
    Permanent Loan. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, (June 2002-September 2013).
    Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Still-life Painting. The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC (September 22, 2001-January 13, 2002 ); Museum of Fine Art, Boston, MA (February 17-June 9, 2002).
    Caillebotte: Urban Impressionist. Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (February 18-May 29, 1995 ); Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (June 22-September 10, 1995).
    Gustave Caillebotte, 1848-1894. Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, France (September 12, 1994-January 9, 1995); Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (February 15-May 28, 1995).
    Gustave Caillebotte: A Retrospective Exhibition. Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX (October 22, 1976-January 2, 1977); Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY (February 12, 1977-April 24, 1977).
    Exposition retrospective d'oeuvres de Gustave Caillebotte. Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, France (1894).
    Retrospective Gustave Caillebotte, Galerie Beaux-Art, Paris, France (1951).
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