Art Institute of Chicago, Bequest of Kate L. BrewsterCC0 (public domain) · 19,601 × 10,528 px · Art Institute of Chicago · IIIF
1888–1895 · Art Institute of Chicago
Sawmill, Outskirts of Paris
painting by Henri Rousseau
In the picture
- Date
- 1888–1895 (known to the century)WikidataArt Institute of Chicago: c. 1893/95
- Medium
- Oil on canvasArt Institute of ChicagoWikidata: Oil paint on canvas
- Dimensions
- 25.5 × 45.5 cmArt Institute of ChicagoWikidata: 25.5 × 45.5 cm
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago, ChicagoWikidata
- Genre
- cityscapeWikidata
- Materials
- oil paint, canvasWikidata
- Inventory no.
- 1950.133Wikidata
- Credit line
- Bequest of Kate L. BrewsterArt Institute of Chicago
Provenance
Where it has been
- Dates unknownPaul Guillaumemedium confidenceWikidata · owned by
- Dates unknownValentine Dudensingmedium confidenceWikidata · owned by
- Dates unknownArt Institute of Chicagomedium confidenceWikidata · collection
Exhibition historyArt Institute of Chicago
Chicago, Home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Brewster, Special View for the benefit of Chicago Public School Art Society of the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Walter S. Brewster, Jan. 20–22, 1933, cat. 27.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Henri Rousseau, January 22–February 23, 1942, pp. 20–21 (ill.); traveled to New York, Museum of Modern Art, Mar. 17–May 3, 1942.
Pittsburgh, Penn., Carnegie Institute, Exhibition of Paintings by Henri Rousseau, Dec. 4–27, 1942, cat. 16.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Kate L. Brewster Bequest, September 1950, no cat.
Paris, Galerie Charpentier, Henri Rousseau di “Le Douanier,” Feb.–Mar. 1961, cat. 6 (ill.).
New York, Wildenstein and Company, Henri Rousseau, Apr. 17–May 25, 1963, cat. 8 (ill.).
London, Tate Modern, Henri Rousseau: Jungles in Paris, November 3, 2005–February 5, 2006, pp. 126, fig. 88, 129, 130, and 222, cat. 31; traveled to Paris, Grand Palais, March 13–June 19, 2006 and Washington D. C., National Gallery of Art, July 16–Oct. 15, 2006.
Philadelphia, The Barnes Foundation, Henri Rousseau: A Painter’s Secrets, Oct. 19, 2025 – Feb 22, 2026, no cat. no., pl. 44, as Sawmill, Outskirts of Paris (Scierie aux environs de Paris); Paris, Musée de l’Orangerie, Mar. 24–July 20, 2026, cat. 52, as Scierie, environs de Paris.
Identifiers & sources+
- Art Institute of Chicago68433
- Wikimedia CommonsHenri Rousseau - Sawmill, Outskirts of Paris - 1950.133 - Art Institute of Chicago.jpg
- inventory number1950.133
- WikidataQ20263649
- Fame rank#13148 (1 Wikipedia articles)

