Artwork Details
Artist
Creation Date
Materials
Object Types
Dimensions
31-5/8 x 25-3/16 in. (canvas) 39 x 32-1/4 x 2-3/8 in. (framed; optium)
Mark Description
Signed, in black paint, lower right: Luce
Accession Number
Credit Line
The Holliday Collection
Copyright
Collection
European Painting and Sculpture 1800-1945
Color Palette
Provenance
Private Collection, Normandy, France.{1} Sale (Palais Galliera, Paris, France) in 1966;{2} (Hammer Galleries, New York, New York);{3} W. J. (Jack) Holliday [1895-1977], Indianapolis, Indiana, in July 1969;{4} bequest to the Indianapolis Museum of Art in 1979.{5} {1} See Jean Bouin-Luce and Denize Bazetoux, Maximilien Luce: Catalogue de l'oeuvre peint, Paris 1986, volume 2, catalogue no. 205 (illustrated) {2} Musée Galliera , Paris, Importants tableaux modernes, 10 December 1966, lot 20 (illustrated) {3} Confirmed by Victoria Romeo, Hammer Galleries, in correspondence from March 2009. See also Hammer Galleries, New York, "Summer Exhibition: Recent Acquisitions," June to September 1967, catalogue no. 18 (illustration), and advertisement in Apollo, June 1967, p. lxxvi (illustration) {4} See correspondence with Victoria Romeo, Hammer Galleries, cited above. {5} IMA Temporary Receipt No. 3005.
Gallery Labels
Luce's view of the rue Mouffetard, a busy street on the Left Bank of Paris, is one of his purest Neo-Impressionist efforts. The colors reflect the movement's reliance on the contrast of warm and cool hues, and his pointillist brushwork adds animation to the bustling market scene. The buildings lock into a sturdy vertical format that satisfies the Neo-Impressionist desire for firm compositions.
The working-class setting suits the Neo-Impressionists' interest in contemporary urban life and Luce's deep concern for the laborer. The neighborhood is still a popular market district, offering many of the same views and products as those Luce recorded more than a century ago.
Exhibition History
Exhibition Name
Venue
Dates
Toulouse-Lautrec and the Poster of Paris
Dallas Museum of Art
October 14, 2012 - January 20, 2013
Toulouse-Lautrec and the Poster of Paris
Milwaukee Art Museum
June 1, 2012 - September 9, 2012
Images of a Capital - The Impressionists in Paris
Museum Folkwang
October 2, 2010 - January 30, 2011
The Conquest of the Street: Monet to Grosz
Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt
June 14, 2006 - September 3, 2006
The Aura of Neo-Impressionism: The W.J. Holliday Collection
David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago
January 14, 1988 - March 6, 1988
The Aura of Neo-Impressionism: The W.J. Holliday Collection
Dixon Gallery and Gardens
September 15, 1987 - November 8, 1987
The Aura of Neo-Impressionism: The W.J. Holliday Collection
Chrysler Museum of Art
June 26, 1987 - August 23, 1987
The Aura of Neo-Impressionism: The W.J. Holliday Collection
High Museum of Art
March 24, 1987 - May 17, 1987
The Aura of Neo-Impressionism: The W.J. Holliday Collection
New Orleans Museum of Art
November 15, 1986 - February 8, 1987
In Quest of Excellence
Center for the Fine Arts
January 14, 1984 - April 22, 1984
Indianapolis Museum of Art
October 21, 1980 - November 30, 1980
40th Anniversary Loan Exhibition
Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
1969 - 1970
40th Anniversary Loan Exhibition
The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens
1969 - 1970
40th Anniversary Loan Exhibition
Columbia Museum of Art
1969 - 1970
40th Anniversary Loan Exhibition
Museum of Fine Arts, Saint Petersburg
1969 - 1970
40th Anniversary Loan Exhibition
Hammer Galleries
1968 - 1968
Neo-Impressionists
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
1941 - 1941
Salon des Independents, No. 493
1910 - 1910
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