The Haymaker (Le foin)

The Haymaker (Le foin)

1900
Artist
Jules Breton, French, 1827-1906
Country
France
Object
painting
Medium
Oil paint on canvas
Accession Number
1958.112
Credit Line
Gift of the Lawrence C. Phipps Foundation

Jules Breton, The Haymaker (Le foin), 1900. Oil paint on canvas; 37 ½ × 31 in. (95.3 × 78.7 cm). Gift of the Lawrence C. Phipps Foundation, 1958.112

Dimensions
image height: 37.5 in, 95.2500 cm; image width: 31 in, 78.7400 cm; frame height: 43 in, 109.2200 cm; frame width: 39 in, 99.0600 cm; frame depth: 4.5 in, 11.4300 cm
Inscription
[lower left] Jules Breton, 1900
Department
European and American Art Before 1900
Collection
European Painting and Sculpture before 1900
This object is currently on view
Known Provenance
Collection of the artist. (Tedesco Brothers), Paris by 1901 [1]. (Henry Reinhardt [1858-1921]), Chicago; (Knoedler & Co., New York, November 30, 1901, no. 2875)[2]; purchase, Lawrence C. Phipps, [1862–1958], Pittsburgh, January 20, 1902; Lawrence C. Phipps Foundation; gifted to the Denver Art Museum, 1958. [1] Dates of the 1901 Salon des Artistes Français, May 1-June 30, 1901, which lists the “Tedesco Frères”, as the owners of the work. [2] No. 2875 C, found in Knoedler commission book #1.
Exhibition History
  • Salon des Artistes Français, Paris, 05/01/1901–06/30/1901, n°299
  • 7th Annual Carnegie International Exhibition—Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, 11/06/1902-01/01/1903, no. 8 as "The Haymakers"