Adrien Moreau
French, 1843–1906
The Proposal
1878
| Medium | oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 23 9/16 x 32 3/16 in. (59.9 x 81.8 cm) Frame: 37 5/8 x 46 1/16 x 4 1/2 in. (95.6 x 117 x 11.4 cm) |
| Object Number | 1962.151 |
| Acquisition | Gift of the children of Mrs. E. Parmalee Prentice, 1962 |
| Status | Off View |
Image Caption
Adrien Moreau, The Proposal, 1878, oil on canvas. Clark Art Institute, gift of the children of Mrs E Parmalee Prentice, 1962.151
Select Bibliography
Cunningham, Charles C., et al. The Elegant Academics: Chroniclers of 19th-Century Parisian Life. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: The Clark, 1974.
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. List of Paintings in the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1970.
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. List of Paintings in the Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1972.
New York: Grey Art Gallery and Study Center, New York University.. Walter Gay: A Retrospective (exh.cat.).. Sept. 16-Nov. 1, 1980..
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. List of Paintings in the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1984.
Kern, Steven, ed. List of Paintings in the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1992.
Lees, Sarah, ed. Nineteenth-Century European Paintings at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute; New Haven and London: distributed by Yale University Press, 2012.
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Provenance
John D. Rockefeller Sr., New York (until 1919, given to Prentice); Alta Rockefeller Prentice (Mrs. E. Parmalee Prentice), his daughter, New York and Williamstown (1919–d. 1962); Prentice heirs, by descent, given to the Clark; Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1962.
