Description
The hustle and bustle of eager customers in a crowded bistro is captured in this painting. One can almost hear the loud chatter and shouts of orders being called to the busy servers behind the countertop. All in jackets, the men by the bar have rosy cheeks and noses, perhaps from the cold outdoors contrasting the warmth of their drinks.
Provenance
(Mme. L. Godet-Druet, Paris, France) (by 1938); (Galerie Vallotton, no. 5626, Lausanne, Switzerland) (1964); (Galerie Vallotton, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur G. Altschul [1920–2002], New York, NY, August 22, 1969) (August 22, 1969); (Galerie Hopkins & Custot, Paris, France, sold to Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley) (June 2003); Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art (2003–2020); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (2020–)
Accession Number
2020.114
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
Unframed: 22.2 x 27 cm (8 3/4 x 10 5/8 in.)
Classification
Painting
Credit Line
Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift