Updated 14 July 2026
Currently not on display
Currently not on display
The Edge of the River
| Date | 1875 |
|---|---|
| Materials and Techniques | Oil on canvas |
| Size（cm） | 137 x 86 |
| Inscriptions | Signed and dated lower left: W BOUGUEREAU 1875 |
| Credit Line | Deposited by Iuchi Collection |
| Standard ref. | Bartoli/Ross 1875/17 |
| Category | Paintings |
| Collection Number | DEP.2022-0018 |
Provenance
Sold by Bouguereau to Goupil, 6 December 1875, 6,000F, stockbook no. 10744; sold to branch in The Hague, 19 May 1877, 13, 177F; private collection of Mrs. Horace Rinearson, Pennsylvania; private collection, Texas; Newhouse Galleries Ltd, New York; Joan Michelman Ltd, New York; private collection Fred and Sherry Ross, New Jersey, USA, 1979; private collection, Japan; deposited to NMWA, since 22 September 2022.
Exhibition History
- 1984
- William Bouguereau 1825-1905, Musée du Petit Palais, 9 February 1984 - 6 May 1984, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, 22 June-23 September 1984; The Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, 27 October 1984-13 January 1985, pp. 194-196, cat. no. 66
- 2023
- Another 19th Century: Bouguereau, Millais, and the Academic Painters, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 19 September 2023 - 12 February 2024, cat. no. 21
- 2025
- [Special Exhibition] Emulation and Admiration: Two Stories of Collecting European Art European Master Paintings from The San Diego Museum of Art and The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, the Special Exhibition Wing, 11 March 2025 - 8 June 2025, cat. no. 80
Bibliography
- 1885
- Vendryes, Charles. William Bouguereau. Paris, Baschet, 1885, p. 53
- 1895
- Franquet, Charles, Comte de Franqueville. Le premier siècle de l'Institut de France, 25 oct. 1795-25 oct. 1895. Paris, J. Rothschild, 1895, p. 370
- 1900
- Vachon, Marius. W. Bouguereau. Paris, Lahure, 1900, p. 152
- 1984
- William Bouguereau 1825-1905 (exh.cat.). Musée du Petit Palais et al. Paris, Musée du Petit-Palais, [1984], pp. 194-196, cat. no. 66, repr.
- 1991
- Walker, Mark Steven. William-Adolphe Bouguereau, A Summary Catalogue of the Paintings. William Adolph Bouguereau: l'art pompier. New York, Borghi & Co., 1991, p. 70
- 2010
- Bartoli, Damien; Ross, Frederick. William Bouguereau. Woodbridge, Antique Collectors’ Club in cooperation with the Art Renewal Center, 2010, p. 168, cat. nos. 1875/17
- 2025
- Emulation and Admiration: Two Stories of Collecting European Art: European Master Paintings from The San Diego Museum of Art and The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo (exh. cat.). The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo; Kyoto City Museum of Art (Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum); Nikkei Inc., eds. Tokyo, Nikkei Inc., 2025, pp. 155-156, 158, 225, cat. no. 80, col. repr.