Art Institute of Chicago, Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester CollectionCC0 (public domain) · 13,079 × 19,263 px · Art Institute of Chicago · IIIF

1877–1879 · Art Institute of Chicago

The Laundress

Pierre-Auguste RenoirWikidata

painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Wander from here

In the picture

Everyday life
Date
1877–1879 (known to the decade)Wikidata
Art Institute of Chicago: 1877–79
Medium
Oil on canvasArt Institute of Chicago
Wikidata: Oil paint on canvas
Dimensions
80.8 × 56.5 cmArt Institute of Chicago
Wikidata: 81.4 × 56.5 cm
Collection
Art Institute of Chicago, ChicagoWikidata
Gallery
Gallery 201Art Institute of Chicago
Materials
oil paint, canvasWikidata
Inventory no.
1947.102Wikidata
Credit line
Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester CollectionArt Institute of Chicago

Provenance

Where it has been

  1. Dates unknown
    Howard Young
    medium confidenceWikidata · owned by
  2. Dates unknown
    Galerie Barbazanges
    medium confidenceWikidata · owned by
  3. 1923 – 1947
    Charles Henry Worcester
    high confidenceWikidata · owned by
  4. Dates unknown
    Art Institute of Chicago
    medium confidenceWikidata · collection

Exhibition historyArt Institute of Chicago

Paris, Galeries Durand-Ruel, Exposition A. Renoir, May 1892, cat. 8, as Laveuse. Art Institute of Chicago, Exhibition of the Worcester Collection, July 24–Sept. 23, 1923, no cat. Toledo Museum of Art, Paintings by French Impressionists and Post-Impressionists, Nov. 7–Dec. 12, 1937, cat. 30 (ill.). New York, Wildenstein, Renoir: A Loan Exhibition for the Benefit of the American Association of Museums in Commemoration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of Renoir’s Death, Mar. 27–May 3, 1969, cat. 37 (ill.). Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings by Renoir, Feb. 3–Apr. 1, 1973, cat. 31 (ill.). Atlanta, High Museum of Art, May 25, 1984–May 30, 1985, no cat. Tokyo, Bridgestone Museum of Art, Renoir: From Outsider to Old Master, 1870–1892, Feb. 10–Apr. 15, 2001, cat. 13 (ill.); Nagoya City Art Museum, Apr. 21–June 24, 2001. Columbus (Ohio) Museum of Art, Renoir’s Women, Sept. 23, 2005–Jan. 8, 2006, cat. 2. Fort Worth, Tex., Kimbell Art Museum, The Impressionists: Master Paintings from the Art Institute of Chicago, June 29–Nov. 2, 2008, cat. 25 (ill.). Cleveland Museum of Art, Degas and the Laundress: Women, Work, and Impressionism, Oct. 8, 2023-Jan. 14, 2024, cat. 51.
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