The Cleveland Museum of Art

• Provenance
  Until 1900

  Charles Guasco

  1900

  (Guasco sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, June 11, 1900 (no. 60), sold to Louis

  1900-1901

  Louis Schoengrün, Paris

  1901

  (Schoengrün sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, Feb. 7, 1901 (no. 27), sold to Max Behrendt)

  1901-at least 1939

  Max Behrendt, Paris

  ?

  Possibly Gouin collection, Paris

  Until 1951

  Mrs. Carmona, sold to Wildenstein

  1951-1955

  (Wildenstein & Co., New York, sold to Eleanor Allen Cunningham)

  1955-196

  Eleanor Allen (Lamont) Cunningham [1910-1961], Hartford, CT, by descent to her son, Charles Cunningham, Jr

  1961-

  Charles Cunningham, Jr.

  Until 1990

  (Artemis Fine Arts/David Carritt, Ltd., London, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)

  1990-

  The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

  Provenance Footnotes

  1 Prior to Guasco, the Wildenstein catalogue raisonné says that Durand-Ruel, London purchased the painting from Pissarro on May 25, 1872 and then sold it to Tissot on November 17, 1873.  In spite of the specificity of these dates, the catalogue raisonné precedes each transaction with a question mark, suggesting some degree of uncertainty.  Additionally, several handwritten notations found throughout CMA’s file on the painting indicate that the Durand-Ruel reference is erroneous.  Unfortunately, Durand-Ruel’s archives do not provide an answer: Caroline Durand-Ruel Godfroy wrote in 1996 that they cannot say with certainty that the CMA painting was handled by the gallery prior to its ownership by Charles Guasco.  Durand-Ruel could confirm, however, that Guasco does not seem to have been a client of the gallery, indicating that it was not from Durand-Ruel that Guasco purchased the painting. 

  2 Behrendt is listed as the owner of the painting in the 1939 Pissarro catalogue raisonné, and he lent it to exhibitions in 1928 (Durand-Ruel) and 1931 (Paul Rosenberg).  Durand-Ruel’s records show that Behrendt, who lived at 11 rue de Maréchal Maunoury, Paris, deposited the painting with the gallery on January 31, 1928 for the exhibition, Tableaux de Camille Pissarro, and retrieved it on March 19 of that year.  Beyond his address, few details are known about Behrendt’s identity.  A Max Behrendt – or possibly two, a father and son - and his art collection is mentioned frequently in the diary of Paul Landowski.  In the list of “Noms des personnes” in the diary, there is a Max Behrendt listed with the life dates 1894-1962 and described as “a Swiss actor, dancer, scriptwriter and producer.” However, Landowksi’s entry for August 15, 1928 refers to Behrendt’s 70th birthday, suggesting a birth year of 1858.  Other diary entries discuss Behrendt in connection with banking and finance, suggesting that perhaps he – or at least one of the Behrendts – was involved in banking/finance rather than theatre.  

  3 The information provided to CMA by David Carritt, Ltd. includes the Gouin collection in the provenance with a question mark; a 1980/1981 Hayward exhibition lists “Paris(?), Gouin Collection,” suggesting that while Gouin certainly owned the painting, the location of the collection was uncertain; and in 1991, Burlington Magazine listed “Gowin collection” in the provenance.  A painting by Monet offered at Christie’s, New York on November 5, 2013 has a Madame Gouin (c. 1952) in its provenance, while a “Madame Gouin” is connected to one Félix Gouin in the provenance of a drawing by Renan in the Louvre (RF 29476).  The Wildenstein Pissarro catalogue raisonné does not include Gouin in the painting's provenance.

  4 Details about the identity of “Mrs. Carmona” are unknown.  It is possible she was related to one “Jacques Carmona” of Paris who is listed in the 2005 Pissarro catalogue raisonné as having owned two other Pissarro paintings.  

  5 Eleanor Cunningham’s husband, Charles C. Cunningham (d. 1979) was the director of the Wadsworth Athenaeum from 1946-1966. 
• Citations
  Durand-Ruel Snollaerts, Claire. Camille Pissarro, le premier des impressionnistes. Paris: Hazan Editions, 2017. Referenced: cat. no. 15, p. 44-45

  Galerie Georges Petit. Tableaux modernes, pastels, aquarelles, dessins. June 11, 1900.

  Caroline Durand-Ruel Godfroy, letter to Louise d’Argencourt, May 22, 1996, in CMA curatorial file.

  Pissarro, Joachim, and Claire Durand-Ruel Snollaerts. Pissarro: critical catalogue of paintings. Paris: Wildenstein Institute Publications, 2005.

  Galerie Georges Petit. Tableaux modernes, pastels, aquarelles, dessins. June 11, 1900.

  Hôtel Drouot. Tableaux par Boudin, Forain, Guillaumin, Isabey, Jongkind, Lebourg, Lépine, Lhermitte, Pissarro, Sisley, Stevens, Thaulow, Thornley, Troyon, Ziem. Feb. 7, 1901.

  Hôtel Drouot. Tableaux par Boudin, Forain, Guillaumin, Isabey, Jongkind, Lebourg, Lépine, Lhermitte, Pissarro, Sisley, Stevens, Thaulow, Thornley, Troyon, Ziem. Feb. 7, 1901.

  Paul Rosenberg (Firm : Paris, France). Exposition d'œuvres importantes de grands maitres du dix-neuvième siècle: prêtées au profit de la Cité Universitaire de l'Université de Paris, 18 mai-27 juin 1931. Paris: Chez Paul Rosenberg, 1931.

  Pissarro, Joachim, and Claire Durand-Ruel Snollaerts. Pissarro: critical catalogue of paintings. Paris: Wildenstein Institute Publications, 2005.

  Pissarro, Ludovico Rodo. Camille Pissarro. Son Art-Son Œuvre. 1632 Illustrations. [A Catalogue-Raisonné. With an Introductory Essay by Lionello Venturi.]. 1939.

  David Carritt, Ltd., painting information sheet, in CMA curatorial file.

  David Carritt, Ltd., painting information sheet, in CMA curatorial file

  Camille Pissarro, 1830-1903 : Hayward Gallery, London, 30 October 1980-11 January 1981, Grand Palais, Paris, 30 January-27 April 1981, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 19 May-9 August 1981. London: Arts Council of Great Britain, 1980.

  Pissarro, Joachim, and Claire Durand-Ruel Snollaerts. Pissarro: critical catalogue of paintings. Paris: Wildenstein Institute Publications, 2005.

  Pissarro, Joachim, and Claire Durand-Ruel Snollaerts. Pissarro: critical catalogue of paintings. Paris: Wildenstein Institute Publications, 2005.

  Pissarro, Joachim, and Claire Durand-Ruel Snollaerts. Pissarro: critical catalogue of paintings. Paris: Wildenstein Institute Publications, 2005.

  Pissarro, Joachim, and Claire Durand-Ruel Snollaerts. Pissarro: critical catalogue of paintings. Paris: Wildenstein Institute Publications, 2005.

  
  David Carritt, Ltd., painting information sheet, in CMA curatorial file.
  
  

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  Snollaerts, Claire Durand-Ruel. Camille Pissarro: Le premier des impressionnistes = the First among the Impressionists. 2017. Cat. no. 15 p, 44-45

  Rodo,Ludovico, and Lionello Venturi. Camille Pissarro; son art--son œuvre. Paris, France: P. Rosenberg, 1939. Reproduced: no. 156, vol. I; vol. II, pl. 32

  Pissarro: Camille Pissarro, 1830-1903 : Hayward Gallery, London, 30 October 1980-11 January 1981, Grand Palais, Paris, 30 January-27 April 1981, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 19 May-9 August 1981. London: Arts Council of Great Britain, 1980.

  Brettell, Richard R. Pissarro and Pontoise: The Painter in a Landscape. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1990. Reproduced: p. 19, fig. 13

  "Consolidated Audited Annual Report." Artemis 89-90 (1991). Mentioned and reproduced: p. 32-33

  Hinson, Tom E. "Notable Acquisitions." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 78, no. 3 (June 1991): 63-147. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 86 www.jstor.org

  Chong, Alan. European & American Painting in the Cleveland Museum of Art: A Summary Catalogue. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1993. Reproduced: p. 183

  Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes (Mexico). Maestros del impresionismo. México, D.F.: Istituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, 1998. Reproduced: p. 136-137

  D' Argencourt, Louise, and Roger Diederen. Catalogue of Paintings. Pt. 4. European Paintings of the 19th Century. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1974. Mentioned and reproduced: v. 2, p. 491-495, no. 171

  Patry, Sylvie. Paul Durand-Ruel: le pari de l'impressionnisme. Paris, France: Réunion des musées nationaux,2014. Reproduced: p. 96, fig. 65; Mentioned: p. 261

  Patry, Sylvie, Anne Robbins, Christopher Riopelle, Joseph J. Rishel, and Jennifer A. Thompson. Inventing Impressionism: Paul Durand-Ruel and the Modern Art Market. London, United Kingdom: National Gallery Company, 2015. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 261, no. 64

  Pissarro à Pontoise. Cergy-Pontoise Val d'Oise, le département, 2017. Reproduced: P. 9

  Snollaerts, Claire Durand-Ruel and Christophe Duvivier. Camille Pissarro: le premier des impressionnistes = the first among the impressionists. Vanves: Éditions Hazan, [2017]; Paris: Musée Marmottan Monet, 2017. Reproduced: P. 14-15, cat. 15

  Basch, Sophie. Le Japonisme, Un Art Français. Œuvres En Sociétés. Dijon: Les Presses du réel, 2022. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 87-89, fig. 44
• Exhibition History
  Stories From Storage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021).

  Camille Pissarro - The First Among the Impressionists. Musée Marmottan Monet, 75016, Paris, France (organizer) (February 23-July 16, 2017).

  Paul Durand-Ruel and Impressionism. Musée du Luxembourg, Paris, France (October 15, 2014-February 8, 2015); National Gallery, London, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (March 4-May 31, 2015); Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA (June 18-September 13, 2015).

  Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Beijing World Art Museum, China (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).

  Masters of Impressionism. Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico (November 17, 1998-February 28, 1999).

  Notable Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 15, 1991).

  Pissarro. Hayward Gallery, London, United Kingdom; Grand Palais, Paris, France; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (1980-81).

  Connecticut Collects-An Exhibition of Privately Owned Works of Art in Connecticut. Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford,CT (1957).

  Exposition d'oeuvres importantes de grands maîtres du dix-neuvième siècle. Paul Rosenberg, Paris, France (1931).

  Tableaux par Camille Pissarro. Galeries Durand-Ruel, Paris, France (1928).
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