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1910 · Art Institute of Chicago
The Waterfall
painting by Henri Rousseau
In the picture
- Date
- 1910WikidataArt Institute of Chicago: 1910
- Medium
- Oil on canvasArt Institute of ChicagoWikidata: Oil paint on canvas
- Dimensions
- 116.2 × 150.2 cmArt Institute of ChicagoWikidata: 116.2 × 150.2 cm
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago, ChicagoWikidata
- Genre
- landscape paintingWikidata
- Materials
- oil paint, canvasWikidata
- Inventory no.
- 1926.262Wikidata
- Credit line
- Helen Birch Bartlett Memorial CollectionArt Institute of Chicago
Provenance
Where it has been
- 1926 –Art Institute of Chicagohigh confidenceWikidata · collection
Exhibition historyArt Institute of Chicago
New York, Museum of Modern Art, American Sources of Modern Art, March 10–31, 1933, not in cat.
The Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress: Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture Lent from American Collections, June 1–November 1, 1933, p. 52, cat. 369.
The Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress: Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, June 1–November 1, 1934, p. 49, cat. 322.
Pittsburgh, Penn., Carnegie Institute, A Survey of French Painting, April 2–May 14, 1936, n. p., cat. 40.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Henri Rousseau, January 22–February 23, 1942, pp. 64–5 and 69 (ill.); traveled to New York, Museum of Modern Art, March 17–May 3, 1942.
Venice, XXV Biennale di Venizia, June–October 1950, p. 235, cat. 20.
London, Tate Modern, Henri Rousseau: Jungles in Paris, November 3, 2005–February 5, 2006, pp. 37, 41, 42, fig. 32, 45, 111, 116, and 223, cat. 23; traveled to Paris, Grand Palais, March 13–June 19, 2006 and Washington D. C., National Gallery of Art, July 16–October 15, 2006.
Paris, Musée d'Orsay, Le Douanier Rousseau. L'innocence archaique, March 21, 2016–July 17, 2016; traveled to Prague, Narodni Galerie, Sept. 15, 2016–Jan. 15, 2017 (Paris only).
Philadelphia, The Barnes Foundation, Henri Rousseau: A Painter’s Secrets, Oct. 19, 2025 – Feb 22, 2026, no cat. no., pl. 55, as The Waterfall (La cascade); Paris, Musée de l’Orangerie, Henri Rousseau, A Painter's Ambition, Mar. 24–July 20, 2026, cat. 76, as La Cascade.
Identifiers & sources+
- Art Institute of Chicago28096
- Wikimedia CommonsHenri Rousseau - The Waterfall - Google Art Project.jpg
- inventory number1926.262
- WikidataQ20268115
- Fame rank#8685 (2 Wikipedia articles)


