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SOLD ON BEHALF OF THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS IN ORDER TO BENEFIT ITS AMERICAN ART ACQUISITION FUND
Charles-François Daubigny (French, 1817-1878)
Les Iles Vierges à Bezons
Details
Charles-François Daubigny (French, 1817-1878)
Les Iles Vierges à Bezons
signed 'Daubigny' (lower right)
oil on canvas laid down on panel
20 3/8 x 32¼ in. (51.8 x 81.9 cm.)
Painted in 1855
Les Iles Vierges à Bezons
signed 'Daubigny' (lower right)
oil on canvas laid down on panel
20 3/8 x 32¼ in. (51.8 x 81.9 cm.)
Painted in 1855
Provenance
Goupil & Co., M. Knoedler Successors, New York.
Henry C. Gibson, Philadelphia (purchased from the above, February 1872 for $800). Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1892 (bequest from the above).
Henry C. Gibson, Philadelphia (purchased from the above, February 1872 for $800). Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1892 (bequest from the above).
Literature
E. Strahan, ed., Art Treasures of America, New York, circa 1880, vol. I, p. 79-80.
R. Hellebranth, Charles-François Daubigny 1817-1878, Morges, 1976, no. 35 (illustrated).
R. Hellebranth, Charles-François Daubigny 1817-1878, Morges, 1976, no. 35 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, The Beneficient Connoisseurs (Henry C. Gibson Collection), January-February 1974, no. 24.
Tokyo, Keio Department Store; Osaka, Hanshin Department Store; Miyazaki, Miyazaki Prefectural Museum; Fukishima, Fukishima Department Store and Kofu, Yamanaski Prefectural Museum, Millet and His Barbizon Contemporaries, April-September 1985.
Tokyo, Keio Department Store; Osaka, Hanshin Department Store; Miyazaki, Miyazaki Prefectural Museum; Fukishima, Fukishima Department Store and Kofu, Yamanaski Prefectural Museum, Millet and His Barbizon Contemporaries, April-September 1985.