Scene at Giverny

1890

Theodore Robinson American, 1852-1896

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American, Level 2, West Wing

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Title Scene at Giverny

Artwork Date 1890

Artist Theodore Robinson

Life Dates 1852-1896

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. American

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: 16 × 25 3/4 inches (40.6 × 65.4 cm) Framed: 29 7/16 × 39 3/8 × 2 3/8 inches (74.8 × 100 × 6 cm)

Classification Paintings

Department American Art before 1950

Credit Gift of Mrs. Christian H. Hecker

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. 70.680

Markings

Signed Signed and dated, lower left: Th. Robinson | 1890

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Marks On verso, oval stamp: Theodore Robinson | Sale | March 24, 1898

Provenance

Theodore Robinson

1898, Robinson estate sale, American Art Association, no. 41 (New York, New York, USA) [as NORMANDY FARM]

1898, J.E. Cowdin

Mrs. Gertrude Cowdin

May 9, 1916, Cowdin et al Sale, American Art Association, no. 50 (New York, New York, USA) [sold as FARM HOUSE AND RICK]

1916, Colonel Frank J. Hecker

his son and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Christian Hecker

1970-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Oil Paintings and Studies by the Late Theodore Robinson to be Sold at Absolute Public Sale by Order of Administrator. Auction cat., The American Art Galleries. New York, March 24, 1898, no. 41. [as Normandy Farm]

Thaw, Cowdin, et al. Sale (Estate of Gertrude Cowdin). Auction cat., The American Art Association. New York, May 9, 1916, no. 50. [as Farm House and Rick]

Baur, John I.H. Theodore Robinson 1852-1896. Brooklyn, 1946, no. 63. [as Farm House and Rick]

Domit, Moussa M. American Impressionism. Exh. cat., National Gallery of Art. Washington, D.C., 1973, pp. 32, 114, no. 49 (ill.).

Boyle, Richard J. American Impressionism. Boston, 1974, pp. 126-127 (ill.).

Pyne, Kathleen. “American Paintings Acquired During the Last Decade: Theodore Robinson’s Scene at Giverny.” Bulletin of the DIA 55, 2 (1977): pp. 105-106 (ill.).

Rivard, Nancy J. “American Paintings at the Detroit Institute of Arts.” Antiques 114 (November 1978): p. 1052 (col. pl. 11).

Boyle, Richard J. John Twachtman. New York, 1979, pp. 17-18 (ill.).

American Beauty: Painting and Sculpture from the Detroit Institute of Arts, 1770-1920. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 2002, pp. 94, 96, no. 69.

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