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1910 · Art Institute of Chicago

The Waterfall

Henri RousseauWikidata

painting by Henri Rousseau

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Date
1910Wikidata
Art Institute of Chicago: 1910
Medium
Oil on canvasArt Institute of Chicago
Wikidata: Oil paint on canvas
Dimensions
116.2 × 150.2 cmArt Institute of Chicago
Wikidata: 116.2 × 150.2 cm
Genre
landscape paintingWikidata
Materials
oil paint, canvasWikidata
Inventory no.
1926.262Wikidata
Credit line
Helen Birch Bartlett Memorial CollectionArt Institute of Chicago

Provenance

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  1. 1926 –
    Art Institute of Chicago
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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.
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