Artwork Details
Artist
Creation Date
Materials
Object Types
Dimensions
7-7/8 x 11 in. (canvas) 13-5/8 x 16-5/16 x 2 in. (framed)
Mark Description
Signed with monogram lower right: MAVD [in circle]
Accession Number
Credit Line
Samuel 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
Copyright
Collection
European Painting and Sculpture 1800-1945
Color Palette
Provenance
(Galerie La Cave, Paris); purchased by Samuel Josefowitz, Pully-Lausanne, Switzerland, in 1979-80; acquired as a partial gift, partial purchase, by the Indianapolis Museum of Art in 1998 (1998.176).
Gallery Labels
- Denis built this composition by a clever layering of receding forms: from the girl, her spotted cow, and the wheat field, to the waves and distant shore. Typical of the Pont-Aven style, their rolling lines assume decorative, curving patterns. Taking liberties with color, Denis rendered the girl’s cap in pink rather than the traditional white.
- Denis was also a theoretician of painting, and this small canvas embodies his most famous observation: “Remember that a painting—before being a battle horse, a nude woman, or some anecdote—is essentially a flat surface covered with colors assembled in a certain order.”
Exhibition History
Exhibition Name
Venue
Dates
The Sea - A Tribute to Jan Hoet
Mu.ZEE
October 25, 2014 - April 19, 2015
Gauguin and the Origins of Symbolism
Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza
September 15, 2004 - January 9, 2005
Indianapolis Museum of Art
March 28, 1999 - August 1, 1999
Gauguin and the School of Pont-Aven
Museum Würth
March 1, 1997 - June 1, 1997
Gauguin and the School of Pont-Aven
October 15, 1996 - January 14, 1997
Gauguin and the School of Pont-Aven
Portland Museum of Art
November 19, 1995 - January 14, 1996
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
Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields
September 8, 1994 - October 23, 1994
Gauguin and the School of Pont-Aven
Art Gallery of New South Wales
May 13, 1994 - July 24, 1994
Gauguin et l'Ecole de Pont-Aven
October 9, 1993 - November 28, 1993
Gauguin et l'Ecole de Pont-Aven
September 4, 1993 - October 3, 1993
Gauguin et l'Ecole de Pont-Aven
July 25, 1993 - August 29, 1993
Gauguin et l'Ecole de Pont-Aven
The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
June 8, 1993 - July 18, 1993
Gauguin et l'Ecole de Pont-Aven
The Bunkamura Museum of Art
April 10, 1993 - May 30, 1993
Exhibition
Musée de Pont-Aven
1919 - 1919
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