Gustave Courbet

The Woman in the Waves



Gustave Courbet - The Woman in the Waves



Gustave Courbet
The Woman in the Waves
1868
65.4 x 54 cm
Oil on canvas
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
H.O. Havemeyer Collection


Literature

Collection catalogues
introduction by Gary Tinterow, Masterpieces of European Painting, 1800-1920, in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; New Haven, 2007, nr. 58



Provenance

the artist, Paris, 1868–73, sold in 1873 to Durand-Ruel
with Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1873–at least 1875
Jean-Baptiste Faure, Paris, by 1882–93, sold on January 9, 1893 to Durand-Ruel
with Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1893, sold on 18 January to Durand-Ruel, New York
with Durand-Ruel, New York, 1893, sold on 30 January to Havemeyer
Mr. and Mrs. H.O. Havemeyer, New York, 1893–his d.1907
Mrs. H.O. (Louisine W.) Havemeyer, New York, 1907–d. 1929

External links

Metropolitan Museum of Art Accession number 29.100.62

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Gustave Courbet Women Bathing
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Gustave Courbet Still Life with Apples
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Gustave Courbet Young Women from the Village
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Gustave Courbet Woman with a Parrot
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