Mess Downstream, the Auteuil Quai

Provenance

Given by the artist to Max Weber (1881–1961), Great Neck, NY, Dec. 20, 1908 [according to Leonard 1970]; by descent to his wife [according to Leonard 1970]. Sold, Sotheby’s, London, Dec. 3, 1970, lot 33, to Dorothy Braude Edinburg, Brookline, MA; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2013.

Mess Downstream, the Auteuil Quai

Henri Rousseau

1885

Accession Number

186407

Medium

Pen and black ink and brush and brown wash, on cream wove paper, toned with a brown wash

Dimensions

15.2 × 11.5 cm (6 × 4 9/16 in.)

Classification

prints and drawing

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection