Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism. The Annenberg Collection

220 Pages·21.853 MB·English

by  Watkins Jane (Ed.)

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MASTERPIECES OF
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POST-IMPRESSIONISM
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COLLECTION
lOLIN BAILEY & JOSEPH RISHEL
B.
J.
MARK
ROSENTHAL
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V1TH THE ASSISTANCE OF VEERLE THIELEMANS
MUSEUM
OF ART
THISBOOKISPUBLISHEDONTHEOCCASIONOFAN EXHIBITIONATTHE
Philadelphiamuseumofart, May 2i-September 17, 1989.
Cover: Detail ofVaseofRosesby Vincent Van Gogh (p. 108)
EditedbyJane Iandola Watkins, with theassistanceofMolly B. C. Ruzickaand Mary Patton
Produced by the Publications Department ofthe Philadelphia Museum ofArt
Photography by Graydon Wood
Designed byJoseph Bourke Del Valle
Composition byCardinal Type, New York
Colorseparationsand printingby A. Pizzi, Milan
Printedand bound in Italy
©
Copyright 1989by the
Philadelphia Museum ofArt
26th Streetand Benjamin Franklin Parkway, P.O. Box 7646
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19101
All rights reserved. Nopart ofthis publication maybe reproduced, stored
in retrieval system, ortransmitted in any form or byany means, electronic,
mechanical, photocopying, recording, orotherwise, withoutprior permission,
in writing, ofthe Philadelphia Museum ofArt.
LIBRARYOFCONGRESSCATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA
Bailey, Colin B.
MasterpiecesofImpressionism & Post-Impressionism: The Annenberg
Collection/Colin B. Bailey&Joseph Rishel & Mark Rosenthal, with theassistanceofVeerle Thielemans.
J.
216pp.
"Thisbook ispublishedon theoccasion ofan exhibition at the
Philadelphia Museum ofArt, May 21—September17, 1989"—T.p. verso.
Includesbibliographical references.
ISBN 0-87633-079-0(pbk.)—ISBN 0-8109-1545-6(Abrams)
1. Impressionism (Art)—France—Exhibitions. 2. Post-
Impressionism (Art)—France—Exhibitions. 3. Art, French-
Exhibitions. 4. Art, Modern—19th Century—France—Exhibitions.
5. Art, Modern—20th Century—France—Exhibitions. 6. Annenberg,
Walter H., 1908- —Artcollections—Exhibitions. Annenberg,
7.
Lee—Art collections—Exhibitions. 8. Art—Privatecollections-
California—Rancho Mirage—Exhibitions. I. Rishel,JosephJ.
II. Philadelphia Museum ofArt. III. Title. IV Title:
MasterpiecesofImpressionism & Post-Impressionism.
N6847.5.I4B35 1989 89-3978
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This exhibition, publication, and related programs
were supported by generous grants and contributions from
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
The Pew Charitable Trusts
The Florence Gould Foundation
The Bohen Foundation
CIGNA Foundation
Philip and Muriel Berman
Ed and Martha Snider
an anonymous donor
The Women's Committee ofthe Philadelphia Museum ofArt
CONTENTS
AVANT-PROPOS
FOREWORD
CATALOGUE
Camille Corot
2
Eugene Boudin
4
Edouard Manet
10
Edgar Degas 12
Berthe Morisot 22
Henri E\ntin-Latour 26
plerre-auguste renoir 30
Claude Monet 46
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec 60
Georges Seurat 66
Paul Cezanne 70
Paul Gauguin 90
Vincent van Gogh 98
Edouard Vuillard 110
Georges Braque 116
Pierre Bonnard 118
Henri Matisse 120
DOCUMENTATION
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS