Henri Rousseau

Rendezvous in the forest



Henri Rousseau - Rendezvous in the forest



Henri Rousseau
Rendezvous in the forest
1889
92 x 73 cm
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right: Henri Rousseau
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Gift of the W. Averell Harriman Foundation in memory of Marie N. Harriman


Literature

Collection catalogues
John Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington, New York, 1995, nr. 806

Literature
Cornelia Homburg, Simon Kelly, Laura Prins, Jenny Reynaerts, Van Gogh, Cincinnati, OH, 2016, fig. 23


Provenance

A gift from the artist to his baker, Paris, in 1889
Bela Hein, Paris
sold June 1931 to Marie N. Harriman (1903-1970) and W. Averell Harriman (1891-1986), New York
W. Averell Harriman Foundation
gift 1972 to NGA

External links

National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Accession number 1972.9.20

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Henri Rousseau The equatorial jungle
The equatorial jungle
1909

Henri Rousseau Tropical Forest: Battling Tiger and Bull
Tropical Forest: Battling Tiger and Bull
1908

Henri Rousseau Woman Walking in an Exotic Forest
Woman Walking in an Exotic Forest
1905

Henri Rousseau The Banks of the Bièvre near Bicêtre
The Banks of the Bièvre near Bicêtre
ca. 1908-09

Henri Rousseau Scouts Attacked by a Tiger
Scouts Attacked by a Tiger
1904