Focus on this artwork and discuss the Reception and provenance.
Émile Zola, often a critic of Caillebotte,  praised this work in an article "Notes parisiennes: Une exposition: les peintres impressionnistes" published in Le Sémaphore de Marseille in 1877.
As with many of Caillebotte's paintings, it remained with the family until the mid twentieth century. It was acquired by Walter P. Chrysler Jr. in 1955, who in turn sold it to the Art Institute of Chicago in 1964.The painting was featured in the 1980 BBC television series 100 Great Paintings, and Paris Street; Rainy Day plays a prominent role in the 1986 film Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
The painting is featured in the photograph Art Institute of Chicago II, Chicago (1990), by German photographer Thomas Struth, which depicts the room where it was exhibited at the time, with some onlookers.
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