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The Banks of the Marne at Charenton

c. 1895

Armand Guillaumin

(French, 1841–1927)
France, 19th century
oil on fabric
Unframed: 32.3 x 40.1 cm (12 11/16 x 15 13/16 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams from The Blair Trust 1963.573
Location: Not on view
  • While examining the painting in normal illumination, localized areas of brushwork did not correspond to the landscape composition. A full X-radiograph, when rotated 90 degrees, confirmed the presence of a woman’s portrait in the vertical position. The image in the X-radiograph depicts a three-quarter-length portrait of a woman, with distinguishing marks delineating the mouth, right eye, and a parted hairline. The darker area in the lower third of the composition defines her sloping shoulders. An infrared reflectogram (IRR) image also confirmed the presence of a portrait in the vertical position, captured with an Apollo IR camera with a spectral range of 900–1700nm.
  • Tadamasa Hayashi collection, Paris (see Guillaumin, no. 117). New York, American Art Galleries sale, Tadamasa Hayashi collection, 8-9 January 1913 (lot 122, repr.), Bords de la Marne. Bought by Durand-Ruel, New York (stock number 3604). Sold to Lewis B. Williams, Cleveland, 16 May 1927. Given to the CMA on 30 November 1963.
  • Henning, Edward B. “Annual Report for 1963.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 51, no. 6 (June 1964): 127–61. Mentioned: p. 135 www.jstor.org
    “Year in Review for 1964.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 51, no. 10 (December 1964): 236–266. Mentioned: p. 263 www.jstor.org
    Argencourt, Louise d', and Roger Diederen. Catalogue of Paintings. Pt. 4. European Paintings of the 19th Century. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1974. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 341-343, Vol. II, no. 119
  • Year in Review (1964). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 8, 1964-January 31, 1965).
    Sent by Durand-Ruel to MM. Johnson and Guest, 410 South Michigan Blvd, Chicago (24 September -22 November 1924).
    Columbus (Ohio) Gallery of Fine Arts. (May 1924); returned to Durand-Ruel, 9 July 1924.
    Boston Art Club. (13 February 1924); returned to Durand-Ruel, 21 March 1924.
    New York, Durand-Ruel. Exhibition of Paintings by Armand Guillaumin (1922), no. 17, Bords de la Marne, Charenton.
    Arts Club of Chicago. (January 1920); returned to Durand-Ruel 1 March 1921.
    New York, Union League Club. (March 1915), owned by Durand-Ruel.
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