The Brook of Les Puits-Noir

Provenance

Jean-Paul Mazaroz-Ribalier, Paris, by 1890; sold Hôtel Drouot, May 13–14, 1890, no. 13 for 1,250 francs [price according to an annotated copy of the sale catalogue in the Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie, The Hague]. Durand-Ruel Paris, by June 5, 1890 [according to a receipt in the Martin A. Ryerson files, Art Institute Archives; it is possible Durand-Ruel acted as an agent for Ryerson]; sold to Martin A. Ryerson, New York, October 27, 1890, for $2,000 [according to the receipt of sale, Art Institute Archives]; on loan to the Art Institute from 1913; bequeathed to the Art Institute, 1933.

The Brook of Les Puits-Noir

Gustave Courbet

c. 1855

Accession Number

16490

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

46.5 × 55.7 cm (18 1/4 × 21 7/8 in.)

Classification

oil on canvas

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection