In the Heather

Provenance

Sold by the artist to Durand-Ruel, October 13, 1896 [according to Price 2010]; sold to Stanley McCormick (died 1947), November 4, 1896 [according to Price 2010]; his widow Katharine Dexter McCormick (died 1967); bequeathed to the Art Institute, 1968.

In the Heather

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

1896

Accession Number

29395

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

80.6 × 99.7 cm (31 3/4 × 39 1/4 in.); Framed: 97.5 × 116.6 × 8 cm (38 3/8 × 45 7/8 × 3 1/8 in.)

Classification

painting

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Bequest of Katharine Dexter McCormick