Théodore Rousseau
La Plaine, vue des hauteurs de Meudon (The Plain, seen from the Hills of Meudon)

La Plaine, vue des hauteurs de Meudon (The Plain, seen from the Hills of Meudon)

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La Plaine, vue des hauteurs de Meudon (The Plain, seen from the Hills of Meudon)
CultureFrench
Titles
  • La Plaine, vue des hauteurs de Meudon (The Plain, seen from the Hills of Meudon)
Datec. 1833
PlaceFrance
MediumWatercolor and oil paint over black chalk on wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 10 11/16 × 14 9/16 in. (27.1 × 37 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Houston Alumnae Chapter of Delta Delta Delta Sorority
Object number2007.462
Non exposé

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ProvenanceThéodore Rousseau (1812-1867) (Lugt 2436); [Alfred Beurdeley sale, Modern Drawings, Pastels, Watercolors: Part Two, Galerie George Petit, Paris, November 30, December 1-2, 1920, lot 389]; Denys Sutton (1917-1991), London; inherited by the Sutton family; [W.M. Brady & Co., Inc., New York, by 2007]; purchased by MFAH, 2007.
Exhibition HistorySaint Petersburg, L' Art français à Saint-Pétersbourg: exposition centennale, 1912, p. 52, cat. no. 580 [not 581, as recorded in the Beurdeley sale] (catalogue by R. Jean)
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in pencil on verso lower right: "10667/tee?e"
"Th. Rousseau. La Plaine Vue des Hauteurs de Meudon"

Marked in blue pencil, verso upper left: "5659"

Marked in pencil verso center: "..ein Blanc ...ou.in" (?)
Marked recto lower left with the artist studio stamp (see acc. file for photocopy) and recto lower right: "TH.R"

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