Jean-Baptiste-Armand Guillaumin

Oscar Ghez, Switzerland (acquired by 1965)
Musée du Petit Palais, Geneva (acquired by 1996)
Private Collection, Switzerland
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Vevey, Switzerland, Musée Jenisch, De Vallotton à Desnos, 1965, illustrated in the catalogue
Paris, Musée Galliera, 60 Maîtres de Montmartre à Montparnasse de Renoir à Chagall, 1966
Geneva, Musée du Petit Palais, Centenaire de l'Impressionnisme et Hommage à Guillaumin, 1974-75, no. 51, illustrated in the catalogue
Rio de Janeiro, Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, 1982
Recklinghausen, Germany, Städtische Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Magie des Buches, 1988
Ibaraki, The Museum of Modern Art; Fukushima, Fukushima Museum & Kyoto, Museum of Fine Arts, Claude Monet et ses amis, 1988-89, illustrated in the catalogue
Marseille, Forum des Arts, Palais de la Bourse, Trésors du Petit Palais de Genève, 1990, no. 57
Geneva, Musée du Petit Palais & Toulouse, Musée Paul Dupuy, Rétrospective Guillaumin. L'Impressionniste, ami de Cézanne et Van Gogh, 1992-93, no. 38, illustrated in the catalogue
Clermont-Ferrand, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Armand Guillaumin. L'Impressionniste, ami de Cézanne et Van Gogh, 1995, no. 44, illustrated in the catalogue
Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Vom Spiel der Farbe Armand Guillaumin ein vergessener Impressionist, 1996, no. G90, illustrated in the catalogue
Lausanne, Fondation de l'Hermitage, Armand Guillaumin, un maître de l'Impressionnisme français, 1996, no. 80, illustrated in the catalogue
Belfort, France, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire de Belfort, Armand Guillaumin, de la lumière à la couleur, 1997, no. 49, illustrated in the catalogue
Turin, Palazzo Bricherasio, L'Impressionismo di Armand Guillaumin, 2003-04, illustrated in the catalogue
New York, Berry-Hill Galleries, Inc., Armand Guillaumin, 2004

Galerie des Arts, no. 94, June 1970, illustrated
L'Amateur d'Art, no. 449, March 1970, illustrated p. 8
Georges Serret & Dominique Fabiani, Armand Guillaumin, Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint, Paris, 1971, no. 691, illustrated p. 479
Journal Français, April 1972, illustrated
Vision sur les Arts, no. 92, February 1975, illustrated p. 37
La Suisse, July 1975, illustrated p. 23
Christopher Gray, Armand Guillaumin, Geneva, 1991, pl. 41, illustrated p. 186
L'Amateur d'art, February 1992, illustrated p. 69
Le Dauphiné Libéré, June 1992, illustrated p. 3
Arts Actualités Magazine, no. 52, February 1995, illustrated p. 34

The canvas is not lined and there appear to be no signs of retouching visible under UV light though many of the pigments used by the artist do fluoresce under the UV light. Apart from a slightly uneven varnish, this work is in good original condition.
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