Sunset at Grez

Object Details

Artist

Willard Leroy Metcalf, American, b. Lowell, Massachusetts, 1858–1925

Provenance

The Home for Aged Women, Boston, to June 1964

Vose Galleries of Boston, June 1964-10 August 1966

Christopher Huntington, Mount Vernon, Maine, 10 August 1966

Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, New York, to 26 June 1967

Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 26 June 1967-6 March 1972

Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1972

Exhibition History

HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Inaugural Exhibition," 4 October 1974-15 Sepbember 1975.

NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, Washington, DC. "Post Impressionism: Cross Currents in European and American Painting," 25 May-1 September 1980.

DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS. "The Quest for Unity: American Art Between World's Fairs, 1876-1893," 22 August-30 October 1983, no. 151, ill.

COLBY COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART, Waterville, Maine. "Americans in Paris," 1 August-22 October 1990, no. 25, ill. pp. 20, 61.

VICE PRESIDENT'S RESIDENCE, Washington, DC. Extended loan, 1 May 1994-1 May 1995.

JAPANESE ASSOCIATION OF ART MUSEUMS AND POLA ART FOUNDATION, "The Painters in Grez-sur-Loing," cat. no. 064, colorpl. p. 136. Tour: YAMANASHI PREFECTURAL MUSEUM OF ART, Yamanashi, 21 October-26 November 2000; FUCHU CITY MUSEUM OF ART, Tokyo, 2 December 2000-21 January 2001; OTANI MEMORIAL ART MUSEUM, Nishinomiya, 27 January-4 March; NARIWA MUSEUM, Okayama, 10 March-15 April; SAKURA CITY MUSEUM OF ART, Chiba, 28 April-3 June.

OKLAHOMA CITY MUSEUM OF ART. "Americans in Paris: 1850-1910," 28 August-30 November 2003.

DENVER ART MUSEUM. "Whistler to Cassatt: American Painters in France," 14 November 2021-13 March 2022, no. 57, color ill. p. 215. Tour: VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Richmond, 16 April-31 July.

Published References

LERNER, ABRAM, ed. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Abrams, 1974), p. 722, fig. 113.

GERDTS, WILLIAM H. American Impressionism (New York: Abbeville Press, 1984), no. 43, ill.

DE VEER, ELIZABETH and RICHARD J. BOYLE. Sunlight and Shadow: The Life and Art of Willard L. Metcalf (New York: Abbeville Press, 1987), fig. 221, p. 191.

MARTIN, JANE, et al. L'Art des Etats-Unis (Paris: Citadelles & Mazenod, 1992), no. 537, ill, pp. 547, 614.

Credit Line

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1972

1885

Accession Number

72.200

Type

Painting

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

34 × 43 5/8 in. (86.2 × 110.6 cm)

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School

American Impressionism

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Record ID

hmsg_72.200

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

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