Achille Laugé
La route (The Road)

ArtistFrench, 1861–1944
CultureFrench
Titles
  • La route (The Road)
Date1893
PlaceCailhau, France
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsCanvas: 15 3/4 × 19 3/4 in. (40 × 50.2 cm)
Credit LineJohn A. and Audrey Jones Beck Collection, museum purchase funded by the Audrey Jones Beck Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2017.167
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
224 Beck Galleries
On view

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Object Type
ProvenanceAlexandre Cuvelier, Saint-Omer, a gift from the artist, and thence by descent; [Hôtel Drouot, Paris, March 2000, lot 58]; [Jean-Luc Baroni, London]; acquired from the above by private collection in 2003; [Christie's London, King Street, Sale 13488, "Impressionist and Modern Art Day Sale," 1 March, 2017, Lot 523]; purchased by MFAH, 2017.
Exhibition HistoryParis, Musée d’Orsay, Le Néo-Impressionnisme de Seurat à Paul Klee, March – July 2005, p. 256, ill. p. 257.

Carcassonne, Le musée des Beaux- Arts, Achille Laugé, le point, la ligne, la lumière, October 2009 – January 2010, no. 28, p. 58 (ill. p. 59).

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed at lower left canvas: A. Laugé.93

Inscribed on verso frame top stretcher: MOD


Signed and dated LL: A. Laugé. 93'
Printed labels on verso:

Lot 523 barcode 5408 7019 / Impressionisst/Modern Day Sale (13488) 1 Mar 2017 / (1) / Achille Laugé 93' (lower left) oil on canvas 15.3... // ß 300,000 - 500,000 // CHRISTIE'S

MARTINSPEED Ref:217563 / Albert Yard Glasshouse Walk London SE 115 ES / 1407250A / Achille Lauge (1861-1944) / La Route / BMW

Five barcoded labels on verso, one including: SALE No 13488
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