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The Knitting Girl
William-Adolphe Bouguereau (French, 1825–1905)
Title
The Knitting Girl
Artist
William-Adolphe Bouguereau (French, 1825–1905)
Date
1869
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
57 × 39 in. (144.8 × 99.1 cm)
Classification
Painting
Credit Line
Bequest of Jessie Barton Christiancy
Object Number
1931.106
On View
On view
Provenance
Purchased from the artist by Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, August 6, 1869 [1].
M. Steengracht Collection, The Hague, by 1913;
Sold by the above at Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, Galerie Steengracht Tableaux Modernes Ecole Francasie du XIX Siecle, as La Tricoteuse, lot 89, June 9, 1913.
Sold, Fifth Avenue Art Galleries (James Silo Art Gallery), New York, as Peasant Knitting, lot 142.
Jessie Barton Christiancy (1864–1929), Hartsdale, New York, by November 24, 1931;
Her bequest to Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, 1931.[1] Delivered by the artist April 6, 1869.
M. Steengracht Collection, The Hague, by 1913;
Sold by the above at Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, Galerie Steengracht Tableaux Modernes Ecole Francasie du XIX Siecle, as La Tricoteuse, lot 89, June 9, 1913.
Sold, Fifth Avenue Art Galleries (James Silo Art Gallery), New York, as Peasant Knitting, lot 142.
Jessie Barton Christiancy (1864–1929), Hartsdale, New York, by November 24, 1931;
Her bequest to Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, 1931.[1] Delivered by the artist April 6, 1869.
Exhibition History
Thomas Kilpatrick & Co., Omaha, January 13, 1943–January 13, 1944.Jules Breton and the French Rural Tradition, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, November 5, 1982–June 5, 1983.William Bouguereau, Musée du Petit-Palais, Paris, February 9–May 6, 1984; the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, June 22–September 23, 1984; the Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, October 27, 1984–January 13, 1985.Worth a Thousand Words: 19th-Century Academic Paintings, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, January 20–March 20, 1994.Redefining Genre: French and American Painting, 1850–1900, The Trust for Museum Exhibitions, Washington, DC (originator), Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, TN, September 24–December 17, 1995; Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, FL, January 5– February 4, 1996; Santa Barbara Museum of Art, CA, February 24–April 21, 1996.In the Studios of Paris: William Bouguereau & His American Students, Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK, September 17–December 31, 2006; Appleton Museum of Art, Ocala, FL, February 9–May 27, 2007; Frick Art and Historical Center, Pittsburgh, July 6–October 14, 2007.Joslyn Treasures: Well Traveled and Rarely Seen, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, June 3–August 28, 2011.
Published References
Ludovic Vaschet, Catalogue illustré des oeuvres de W Bouguereau (Paris: Librairie d’Art, 1885), 45, (repro.).
John Denison Champlin and Charles C. Parker, Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings vol. 1 (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1886–87), 189.
Marius Vachon, W. Bouguereau (Paris: A. Lahure, 1900), 92, 150.
Philip Gurney, “Bouguereau’s Realism,” Dundee and West Omaha Sun, May 12, 1960, 42, (repro.).
“Bouguereau,” The Christian Science Monitor, January 4, 1964, (repro.).
Hollister Sturges, Angels and Urchins: Images of Children at the Joslyn, exh. cat. (Omaha: Joslyn Art Museum, 1980), 56–57, (repro.).
Hollister Sturges, Jules Breton and the French Rural Tradition, exh. cat. (Omaha: Joslyn Art Museum, 1982) 116, fig. 82, (repro.).
William Bouguereau: 1825–1905, exh. cat. (Montreal: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 1984), 179, no. 48, (repro.).
Holliday T. Day and Hollister Sturges, eds., Joslyn Art Museum: Paintings & Sculpture from the European & American Collections (Omaha: Joslyn Art Museum, 1987), 87–90, (repro.).
Gabriel P. Weisberg and Petra ten-Doesschate Chu, Redefining Genre: French and American Painting 1850–1900, exh. cat. (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1995), 73, 101, no. 8, (repro.).
James F. Peck, In the Studios of Paris: William Bouguereau & His American Students, exh. cat. (Tulsa, OK: Philbrook Museum of Art, 2006), 26, (repro).
Denise Delouche, Les Peintres de la Bretagne (Quimper, France: Editions Palantines, 2011), 85, (repro.).
Annette de Vries and Quentin Buvelot, Passie voor schilderijen: de verzameling Steengracht van Duivenvoorde (Leiden, Netherlands: Primavera Pers, 2012), 57, fig. 53, (repro.).
Taylor J. Acosta, European Paintings and Sculpture from Joslyn Art Museum (Omaha: Joslyn Art Museum," 2020), 170, (repro.).
Veronica Cerbone, Cosa c'è oltre l'immagine? – Indagine sulla tecnica pittorica di William-Adolphe Bouguereau, (master’s thesis, Sapienza Università di Roma, 2024), 257–259.
John Denison Champlin and Charles C. Parker, Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings vol. 1 (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1886–87), 189.
Marius Vachon, W. Bouguereau (Paris: A. Lahure, 1900), 92, 150.
Philip Gurney, “Bouguereau’s Realism,” Dundee and West Omaha Sun, May 12, 1960, 42, (repro.).
“Bouguereau,” The Christian Science Monitor, January 4, 1964, (repro.).
Hollister Sturges, Angels and Urchins: Images of Children at the Joslyn, exh. cat. (Omaha: Joslyn Art Museum, 1980), 56–57, (repro.).
Hollister Sturges, Jules Breton and the French Rural Tradition, exh. cat. (Omaha: Joslyn Art Museum, 1982) 116, fig. 82, (repro.).
William Bouguereau: 1825–1905, exh. cat. (Montreal: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 1984), 179, no. 48, (repro.).
Holliday T. Day and Hollister Sturges, eds., Joslyn Art Museum: Paintings & Sculpture from the European & American Collections (Omaha: Joslyn Art Museum, 1987), 87–90, (repro.).
Gabriel P. Weisberg and Petra ten-Doesschate Chu, Redefining Genre: French and American Painting 1850–1900, exh. cat. (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1995), 73, 101, no. 8, (repro.).
James F. Peck, In the Studios of Paris: William Bouguereau & His American Students, exh. cat. (Tulsa, OK: Philbrook Museum of Art, 2006), 26, (repro).
Denise Delouche, Les Peintres de la Bretagne (Quimper, France: Editions Palantines, 2011), 85, (repro.).
Annette de Vries and Quentin Buvelot, Passie voor schilderijen: de verzameling Steengracht van Duivenvoorde (Leiden, Netherlands: Primavera Pers, 2012), 57, fig. 53, (repro.).
Taylor J. Acosta, European Paintings and Sculpture from Joslyn Art Museum (Omaha: Joslyn Art Museum," 2020), 170, (repro.).
Veronica Cerbone, Cosa c'è oltre l'immagine? – Indagine sulla tecnica pittorica di William-Adolphe Bouguereau, (master’s thesis, Sapienza Università di Roma, 2024), 257–259.
