Mère, nounou et enfant au Jardin (Mother, Nanny and Child in the Garden)
Entry/Object ID
2022.1.79
Description
A mother and a Nanny seated at a table in the park, a child is holding a toy on the left side. Faces of the figures are blended but have detailed facial structure.
Type of Painting
Panel
Artwork Details
Medium
Oil on Board
Collection
Michael J. and Aimee Rusinko Kakos Collection
Cataloged By
Ava Tine
Acquisition
Accession
2022.1
Credit Line
Saint Vincent Art & Heritage Collections; Gift of Michael and Aimee Rusinko Kakos
Made/Created
Artist
Piet, Fernand
Date made
circa 1905
Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
Stamp
Location
lower left and verso
Notes
stamp of studio
Dimensions
Height
9-1/2 in
Width
12-5/8 in
Accessories
Accessory
Frame
Provenance
Provenance Detail
Collection of Didier Kahn-Sriber, Sotheby’s, Paris, Oct. 2, 2003, Lot 133
Exhibition
Impressionist Legacies, St. Vincent College
General Notes
Note Type
Artist’s Intent Note
Note
"Together with his friend, Paul Signac, Fernand Piet was named vice-president of the Salon des Artistes Indépendants in 1905 near the time this painting was completed. Since 1890, Piet had frequented the Square Montholon, a public park in Paris’ 9th Arrondissement to paint tightly cropped vignettes of wet nurses, maids, mothers, and toddlers at play. These intimate scenes explore the dynamics between individuals of different social strata at a time when the quotidian routines of women and children were not typically the subject of painting. In response to seeing the work of the Impressionists, Piet thinned his palette as evidenced in this painting" Impressionist Legacies 54).
