Pond in the Woods

1862

Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña (French, 1807–1876)

Status: On View, Gallery 222
Department: Painting and Sculpture of Europe

Artist: Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña
Title: Pond in the Woods
Place: France (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1862
Medium: Oil on canvas
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower right: N. Diaz 1862
Dimensions: 68 × 89.8 cm (26 3/4 × 35 3/8 in.); Framed: 102.3 × 124.5 cm (40 1/4 × 49 in.)
Credit Line: Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Kimball Collection
Reference Number: 1922.4455
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“Notes,” Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago 14, 5 (1920), p. 77.
Art Institute of Chicago, Handbook of Sculpture, Architecture, Paintings and Drawings, pt. 2 (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1920), p. 59, cat. 752.
Art Institute of Chicago, Handbook of Sculpture, Architecture, Paintings and Drawings, pt. 2 (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1922), p. 64, cat. 752.
Art Institute of Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago Handbook of Sculpture, Architecture, Paintings and Drawings, pt. 2 (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1923), p. 64, cat. 752.
Marguerite B. Williams, “Valuable Collection of Paintings Added to Chicago’s Art Treasures,” America Today – Fort Dearborn Magazine (Mid-Winter, 1924), p. 26.
Art Institute of Chicago, A Guide to the Paintings in the Permanent Collection (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1925), p. 134, no. 752.
Art Institute of Chicago, Kimball Gallery of Paintings: XVII to XIX Century (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1928), pp. 14–15.
Art Institute of Chicago, A Guide to the Paintings in the Permanent Collection (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1932), p. 151.
Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings in The Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Picture Collection (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1961), p. 128.
Richard R. Brettell, French Salon Artists 1800–1900 (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago and New York: H. N. Abrams, 1987), pp. 34 (ill.), 35, 37, 118.
Edward J. Sullivan and Ruth Krueger Meyer, The Taft Museum: It’s History and Collections, vol. 1, pt. 2 (New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1995), p. 254 n. 1.
Pierre and Rolande Miquel, Narcisse Diaz de la Peña (1807–1876), vol. 2 (Courbevoie: ACR Édition Internationale, 2006), p. 244, cat. 1545 (ill.).

Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, Loan Collection of Old and Modern Masters from Chicago Collections, July 25–October 13, 1935, cat. 1.
New York, American Federation of Arts, The Road to Impressionism, October 1963–May 1964, cat. 19; travelled to Wichita Art Museum, October 6–27, 1893; Seattle, Charles and Emma Frye Art Museum, November 10–December 1, 1963; San Antonio, Witte Memorial Museum, December 15, 1963–January 5, 1964; Allentown Art Museum, January 19–February 9, 1964; Charlotte, North Carolina, Mint Museum of Art, February 23–March 15, 1964; Grand Rapids Art Gallery, March 19–April 19, 1964; Flint, Michigan, Dewaters Art Center, Flint Institute of Arts, May 2–24, 1964.
Tokyo, The Seibu Museum of Art, The Impressionist Tradition: Masterpieces from the Art Institute of Chicago, October 18–December 17, 1985, cat. 6 traveled to Fukuoka, Fukuoka Art Museum, January 5–February 2, 1986 and Kyoto, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, March 4–April 13, 1986.

Henry Reinhardt Galleries, Chicago [according to a label on the back of the painting]. Mrs. W. W. Kimball, Chicago; lent to the Art Institute, 1920 [see “Notes” 1920]; bequeathed to the Art Institute, 1922.

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