Artwork Details
14-3/4 x 18-1/8 in. (canvas) 22-1/4 x 26-5/8 x 2-1/8 in. (framed, glazed)
Mark DescriptionSigned and dated, lower center: C Laval 1888
Accession NumberSamuel Josefowitz Collection of the School of Pont-Aven, through the generosity of Lilly Endowment Inc., the Josefowitz Family, Mr. and Mrs. James M. Cornelius, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard J. Betley, Lori and Dan Efroymson, and other Friends of the Museum
CopyrightEuropean Painting and Sculpture 1800-1945
Color PalettePossibly (Amboise Vollard [1867-1939], Paris).{1} (Galerie La Cave, Paris) by 1978;{2} Samuel Josefowitz, Lausanne, in 1978;{3} acquired as a partial gift, partial purchase by the Indianapolis Museum of Art in 1998 (1998.178). {1}This has not yet been confirmed. The painting was still in the possession of Laval in 1889 when it was included in "L'Exposition de Peintures du Groupe Impressioniste et Synthétiste faite dans le local de M. Volpini," as catalogue no. 85 "Allant au marché- Bretagne." {2}This painting was included in an exhibition "L'École de Pont-Aven" at the Galerie La Cave in spring 1978. An advertisement for this exhibition illustrates this painting, see Burlington Magazine, volume 120, no. 903 (June 1978), p. lxxx. {3}See Josefowitz inventory card, copy in IMA Provenance file (1998.178) indicating he purchased this painting in April 1978.
The Pont-Aven artists often painted aspects of daily life in Brittany. In this animated scene, a couple rides to market in a wagon, as strong winds lift the woman's white collar and threaten to toss the bystander's hat.
Laval, whose profile appears in the adjacent canvas by Gauguin, painted this image during the pivotal summer of 1888, when Gauguin and Bernard developed their Pont-Aven style. The arbitrary use of bright red and green in the flattened background, and the dark borders outlining the figures, demonstrate his mastery of their new decorative approach.
Exhibition Name
Venue
Dates
Paul Gauguin, Artista di Mito e Sogno
Complesso del Vittoriano
October 5, 2007 - February 3, 2008
Gauguin: The Vision of the Sermon
Scottish National Gallery
July 6, 2005 - October 2, 2005
L'aventure de Pont-Aven et Gauguin
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Quimper
July 12, 2003 - September 30, 2003
L'aventure de Pont-Aven et Gauguin
Musée du Luxembourg
April 2, 2003 - June 22, 2003
Gauguin and the School of Pont-Aven from the Collection of Samuel Josefowitz
Indianapolis Museum of Art
March 28, 1999 - August 1, 1999
Gauguin et: Ecole de Pont-Aven
Musée de Pont-Aven
June 28, 1997 - September 29, 1997
Gauguin and the School of Pont-Aven
Museum Würth
March 2, 1997 - June 1, 1997
Gauguin and the School of Pont-Aven
San Diego Museum of Art
July 28, 1995 - October 15, 1995
Gauguin and the School of Pont-Aven
Dixon Gallery and Gardens
May 6, 1995 - July 15, 1995
Gauguin and the School of Pont-Aven
Montréal Museum of Fine Arts
February 9, 1995 - April 15, 1995
Gauguin and the School of Pont-Aven
Walters Art Museum
November 20, 1994 - January 15, 1995
Gauguin and the School of Pont-Aven
Art Gallery of New South Wales
May 13, 1994 - July 24, 1994
Vincent van Gogh and the Birth of Cloisonism
The Van Gogh Museum
April 9, 1981 - June 14, 1981
Post-Impressionism: Cross Currents in European and American Painting, 1880-1906
National Gallery of Art
May 25, 1980 - September 1, 1980
L'Ecole de Pont-Aven
Galerie La Cave
April 20, 1978 - June 17, 1978
Post-Impressionism: Cross Currents in European and American Painting, 1880-1906
The Royal Academy of Arts London
Dates Unknown
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