Sluice in the Optevoz Valley

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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)

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 Mediterranean

Object Type

PAINTING

Provenance[Galerie Andrew Watteau, Paris]; purchased by MFAH, 1979.
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).
Published References The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: A Guide to the Collection, introduction by William C. Agee, New York, 1981 p. 97, no. 170 Marzio, Peter, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: A Permanent Legacy, Hudson Hills Press: New York, 1989, p. 170, p. 171 (illus.) Masterpieces of European Painting from the 15th to 20th Centuries from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, published by the Museum of Art, Ehime; Chiba Prefectural Art Museum; Mie Prefectural Art Museum; Fukuoka Art Museum; and the Yomiuri Shimbun, the Japan Association of Art Museums, 1999. (Exhibition catalogue in Japanese only.) p. 176, illus. p. 177, cat. no. 62. Edgar Peters Bowron and Mary G. Morton, Masterworks of European Painting in the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2000, p. 138-140, 139 (illus.)

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