Description
Born into a Parisian upper middle-class family, Gustave Caillebotte was attracted to the innovations of the young artists who became known as the Impressionists. He officially joined the group for their second exhibition, in April 1876, and then organized the exhibition of 1877, where he showed Paris Street; Rainy Day, his masterpiece.
Provenance
By descent from the artist to his brother Martial Caillebotte (1853–1910) and Marie Minoret (Martial’s wife), Paris, 1894 [estate stamp lower right]; private collector, France, c. 1985 [Sylvie Brame, Brame et Lorenceau, Oct. 1, 2014]; Galerie Brame et Lorenceau, Paris, by 1995 [Sylvie Brame, Brame et Lorenceau, Oct. 1, 2014]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1995.
Accession Number
140080
Medium
Graphite on off-white, medium-weight, moderately textured laid paper
Dimensions
49 × 31.5 cm (19 5/16 × 12 7/16 in.)
Classification
graphite
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Janet and William Jentes
