Inv. n°: CL1257

Portrait of the artist's mother

Signed 'Eva Gonzalès' lower right

h. 6&.5 x w. 51 cm

c. 1870

Pastel on paper

Provenance

  • Henri Guérard, (until 1897)
  • Jeanne Guérard-Gonzalès (by descent from the above)
  • Jean-Raymond Guérard (by descent from the above), 1st January 1924
  • Anonymous sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 8th December 1971, lot 26
  • Private collection
  • Wildenstein & Co., New York
  • Acquired from the above by the past owner, 16th November 1989
  • Acquried at Sotheby's, Paris, 2023

Publications

  • M.-C. Sainsaulieu and J. De Mons, Eva Gonzalès 1849-1883. Étude critique et catalogue raisonné, Bibliothèque des Arts, Paris, 1990
  • Musée Marmottan, Institut de France, Académie des Beaux-Arts, Les femmes impressionnistes: Mary Cassatt, Eva Gonzalès, Berthe Morisot, 1st January 1993, catalogue no. 48 and p. 144, no. 48
  • A. Vuaille, "Impressionnistes, oui, mais femmes aussi", Le Figaro, 5th November 1993
  • I. Pfeiffer and M. Hollein, Impressionistinnen, Schirn-Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Germany, 2008, p. 215

Exhibitions

  • Peintures et pastels de Eva Gonzalès, Salon de la Vie Moderne, Paris, France, january 1885, no. 3
  • Femmes Impressionnistes, Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris, France, October 1993 — January 1994
  • Impressionistinnen, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany, 22nd February 2008 — 1st June 2008
  • Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, 21st June 2008 — 21st September 2008
  • FAMM (Femmes Artistes du Musée de Mougins), Mougins, France, from 21st June 2024 to present day

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