Mills at Dordrecht

1872

Charles François Daubigny French, 1817-1878

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Title Mills at Dordrecht

Artwork Date 1872

Artist Charles François Daubigny

Life Dates 1817-1878

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. French

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Unknown

Medium Oil on canvas

Dimensions Unframed: 33 1/4 × 57 1/2 inches (84.5 × 146.1 cm) Framed: 45 5/8 × 69 5/8 × 5 1/4 inches (115.9 × 176.8 × 13.3 cm)

Classification Paintings

Department European Modern Art to 1970

Credit Gift of Mr. and Mrs. E. Raymond Field

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 32.85

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Signed Signed and dated, lower left: Daubigny 1872

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Provenance

the artist

1871-1873, (Breysse)

1873, (Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, France) [as Bateaux et moulins en Hollande]. by 1905, Charles Tyson Yerkes [d. 1905] (Chicago, Illinois, USA, and New York, New York, USA)

April 5-8, 1910, Yerkes Estate Sale, lot 50 (American Art Association, New York, New York, USA) [as View of Villerville]

1910-1924, James Warren Lane

November 20-22, 1924, James Warren Lane Sale, lot 366 (American Art Association, New York, New York, USA) [as View of Villerville by Karl-Pierre Daubigny]. by 1932, E. Raymond Field (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

1932-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Exh. cat., Salon of 1872. Paris, 1872, no. 437.

Laran, J. Daubigny (L'Art de Notre Temps). Paris, 1913, pp. 101-102 (fig. 63).

Heil, W. "A Landscape by Daubigny." Bulletin of the DIA 13, 6 (1932): pp. 71-73 (ill.).

"Recent Acquisitions." Parnassus 4 (1932): p. 40 (ill.).

Richardson, E.P., ed. Detroit Institute of Arts, Catalogue of Paintings. Detroit, pp. 35-36, no. 504.

Two Sides of the Medal: French Painting from Gérôme to Gauguin. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1954, no. 5.

Barbizon Revisited. Exh. cat., California Palace of the Legion of Honor. San Francisco, 1962, pp. 110, 119, no. 32 (ill.).

"The Voices of the Trees." Time (December 14, 1962): pp. 85-85 (ill.).

Paintings, Drawings, and Prints by Charles François Daubigny. Exh. cat., Paine Art Center. Oshkosh, Wisconsin, 1964, no. 69 (ill.).

DIA Handbook. Detroit, 1971, p. 155 (ill.).

Fidell-Beaufort, M. and J. Bailly-Herzberg. Daubigny. Paris, 1975, p. 179, no. 123 (ill.).

Hellebranth, R. Charles-François Daubigny: 1817-1878. Morges, 1976, no. 742 (ill.).

"Family Art Game." DIA Advertising Supplement. Detroit Free Press (May 20, 1979): p. 30 (ill.).

Sillevis, J and H. Kraan. The Barbizon School. The Hague, 1985, pp. 100-101 (fig. 63).

In Support of Liberty: European Paintings at the 1883 Pedestal Art Loan Exhibition. Exh. cat., The Parrish Art Museum. Southampton, New York, 1986, no. 24 (ill.).

Inspiring Impressionism: Daubigny, Monet, Van Gogh. Exh. cat., Taft Museum of Art. Cincinnati, 2015, pp. 60, 62, 82, 87, 89, 159, no. 51.

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