The Duck Pond
Framed: 36 3/4 x 42 7/8 x 3 1/4 inches (93.35 x 108.9 x 8.26 cm)
Loan Exhibition of Paintings Selected from the Collection of Messrs. R. C. and N. M. Vose of Boston, Akron Art Institute, Ohio, October 19–November 13, 1923, no. 48.
Paintings by Old and Modern Masters, Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Ohio, April 1924, no. 33.
Exhibition of Masterworks by Leading American Artists to Open the New Galleries of Robert C. Vose, Robert C. Vose Galleries, Boston, May 26–June 1924, no. 20.
Exhibition of Masterworks by Deceased American Artists, Robert C. Vose Galleries, Boston, May 13–31, 1929, no. 11;
[“Exhibition of Paintings at Biltmore Salon, Los Angeles”], Robert C. Vose Galleries, Boston, and the Biltmore Salon, Los Angeles, February 15–March 31, 1930, no cat.
Exhibition of Paintings by American Impressionists and Other Artists of the Period, 1880–1900, Brooklyn Museum, N.Y., January 18–February 28, 1932, no. 77.
Forty Years of American Painting, Montclair Art Museum, N.J., with Macbeth Gallery, New York, January 1–29, 1933, no. 23.
Kansas City Art Institute, Mo., 1939.
Theodore Robinson, 1852–1896, Brooklyn Museum, N.Y., November 12, 1946–January 5, 1947, no. 57.
American Impressionists: Two Generations, American Federation of Arts, New York, October 1, 1963–May 31, 1965 (traveled), no cat.
American Impressionist Painting, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., July 1, 1973–May 10, 1974 (traveled), no. 50.
In Monet’s Light: Theodore Robinson at Giverny, Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland, October 17, 2004–September 4, 2005 (Baltimore Museum of Art only), no. 12.
Origins: Collecting to Create the Nelson-Atkins, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, August 14, 2021-March 6, 2022.
Robinson developed his style in Giverny, France, where he traveled in 1887 and settled permanently the following year. During this period, the American painter benefited greatly from his friendship with the region's most famous resident Claude Monet. The Duck Pond likely dates from Robinson's time in Giverny.
(G. H. Ainslie, New York);
to (R. C. Vose Galleries, Boston, 1922);
to NAMA, 1933.
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E. C. Sherburne, “Bostonians Admire New Vose Galleries,” Art News 22 (May 31, 1924), 3.
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