Updated 02 February 2024
Currently not on display
Currently not on display
Canal in Alkmaar, Holland
Date | 1940 |
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Materials and Techniques | oil on canvas |
Size(cm) | 97 x 190 |
Inscriptions | Signed and dated lower right: A Bauchant / 1940 |
Credit Line | Donated by the heirs of Mr. Tomijiro Kakinuma |
Standard ref. | Vierny 40-24 |
Category | Paintings |
Collection Number | P.1992-0002 |
Bauchant, who had never received any formal training in the arts, belonged to a group of artists called the "naïve painters". After serving in World War I as a map surveyor, he began to paint, and he was already over forty when he had his first show at the Salon. This careful depiction of a canal in Holland is rare among the works of Bauchant, who preferred mythological and historical topics. (Source: The Digital Gallery. 1999-2006)
Provenance
Galerie Jeanne Bucher, Paris no. 4233 en 1940; Donated by the family of late Mr. Tomijiro Kakinuma, 1992.
Bibliography
- 1996
- Annual bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. Nos. 27-28 (April 1992-March 1994), 1996, List of New Acquisitions. p. 78.
- 2005
- Vierny, Dina. André Bauchant: catalogue raisonné, Wabern, 2005, p. 347, cat. no. 40-24, repr.