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La source de la Loue (The Source of the Loue) — Gustave Courbet (French, 1819–1877). La Source de la Loue (The Source of the Loue), ca. 1864. Oil on canvas, 42 1/4 x 54 1/8 inches (107.3 x 137.5 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; George B. and Jenny R. Mathews Fund, 1959 (1959:1).

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Gustave Courbet

French, 1819-1877

La source de la Loue (The Source of the Loue), ca. 1864

oil on canvas

support: 42 1/4 x 54 1/8 inches (107.315 x 137.4775 cm); framed: 50 1/4 x 63 x 4 1/2 inches (127.64 x 160.02 x 11.43 cm)

Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York

George B. and Jenny R. Mathews Fund, 1959

1959:1

Currently On View

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Inscriptions

signature, undated / lower left / G. Courbet

Provenance

Gallery Georges Bernheim;
to Henri Matisse Collection;
to Pierre Matisse Gallery;
purchased by the Albright Art Gallery, January 27, 1959

Class

Paintings (visual works)

Work Type

Oil painting (visual work)

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