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

Henri RousseauWikidata

painting by Henri Rousseau

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Date
1888–1895 (known to the century)Wikidata
Art Institute of Chicago: c. 1893/95
Medium
Oil on canvasArt Institute of Chicago
Wikidata: Oil paint on canvas
Dimensions
25.5 × 45.5 cmArt Institute of Chicago
Wikidata: 25.5 × 45.5 cm
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

  1. Dates unknown
    Paul Guillaume
    medium confidenceWikidata · owned by
  2. Dates unknown
    Valentine Dudensing
    medium confidenceWikidata · owned by
  3. Dates unknown
    Art Institute of Chicago
    medium 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.
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