Artist
Charles-François Daubigny (French, 1817–1878)French, 1817–1878
CultureFrench
Titles
- Sluice in the Optevoz Valley
Date1854
PlaceFrance
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions35 1/2 × 63 1/4 in. (90.2 × 160.7 cm)
frame: 44 1/2 × 72 in. (113 × 182.9 cm)
frame: 44 1/2 × 72 in. (113 × 182.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Anaruth and Aron S. Gordon
Object number79.122
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
220 McNair Gallery
Exposé
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Department
Arts of Europe and the MediterraneanObject Type
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: Daubigny-Art Moderne, Pointoise, Musée de Pointoise, November 18, 1978 - February 8, 1979, cat. no. 36
Exhibited: Zurück Zur Natur/Die Kunstlerkolonie/von Barbizon/November 1978/bis 22. Jan 1978/Kunsthalle Bremen/Kat. Nr. 33
Exhibited: A Permanent Heritage: Major Works from the Collection, MFAH, October 23, 1980 - January 4, 1981, no. 170
Exhibited: "Corot to Monet: The Rise of Landscape Painting in France," The Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH, Jan 27 - Apr 29, 1991, IBM Gallery of Science and Art, New York, NY, Jul 30 - Sep 28, 1991, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas TX, Nov 3 1991 - Jan 5 1992, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA, Jan 28 - Mar 29, 1992 (LN:91.10)
Exhibited: “Masterpieces of European Painting from the 15th to 20th Centuries from
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Sarah Campbell Baffer Foundation," touring Japan from April 13 thru October 3, 1999. Exhibition venues:The Museum of Art, Ehime, Matsuyama, Japan, 13 April - 30 May 1999; Chiba Prefectural Art Museum, Chiba, Japan, 5 June - 11 July 1999; Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Tsu, Japan, 17 July - 22 August 1999; Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan, 27 August - 3 October 1999. Exhibition catalogue (in Japanese only).
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Charles-François Daubigny
1874
Etching
77.298
Baron François Gérard
1814
Oil on canvas
2007.1202
