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An Alpine Scene
Gustave Courbet · 1874
Provenance
Ownership history
- Albert Allison Munger (died 1898), Chicago; bequeathed to the Art Institute, 1901.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- City Art Museum of St. Louis, Loan Exhibition of French Paintings, January 1931, cat. 7.
- Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress, June 1–November 1, 1933, no. 236.
- Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress, June 1–November 1, 1934, no. 174.
- Baltimore Museum of Art, An Exhibition of Paintings by Courbet, May 3–29, 1938, cat. 18.
- Arts Club of Chicago, Courbet, January 3–27, 1941, cat. 1.
- Venice, XXVIIe Biennale, Courbet, June 19–October 17, 1954, cat. 48.
- Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, Gustave Courbet, November 1–December 31, 1954, cat. 53.
- Paris, Petit Palais, Gustave Courbet, 1955, cat. 95.
- New York, Paul Rosenberg and Co., Loan Exhibition of Paintings by Gustave Courbet, January 16–February 11, 1956, cat. 18.
- Providence, Rhode Island School of Design, Paintings by Gustave Courbet, November 28, 1956–January 2, 1957, no cat.
- Wichita Art Museum, Civilization Revisited, December 4, 1971–January 30, 1972, no cat. no.
- New York, Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, Courbet: Late Paintings, January 6–February 28, 1998, cat. 29; Roslyn Harbor, New York, Nassau County Art Museum, March 7–May 29, 1998.
Literature
Published references
- Charles Francis Browne, “The Permanent Collections in the Museum of the Art Institute of Chicago. VII. The Munger Collection,” Brush and Pencil 3, 2 (1898), p. 70.
- “Chicago, ILL: The Art Institute of Chicago,” American Art Annual (1898), p. 143.
- Art Institute of Chicago, General Catalogue of Objects in the Museum (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1901), p. 172, no. 184.
- Art Institute of Chicago, General Catalogue of Objects in the Museum (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1904), p. 178, no. 184.
- Art Institute of Chicago, General Catalogue of Sculpture, Paintings and Other Objects (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1907), p. 190, no. 184.
- Art Institute of Chicago, General Catalogue of Sculpture, Paintings and Other Objects (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1910), p. 177, no. 184.
- Harriet Monroe, “New Demands Made Necessary by Growth of the Art Institute,” Chicago Daily Tribune (July 14, 1912), p. A7.
- Art Institute of Chicago, General Catalogue of Paintings, Sculpture and Other Objects in the Museum (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1913), p. 120, no. 184.
- Art Institute of Chicago, General Catalogue of Paintings, Sculpture, and Other Objects in the Museum (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1914), p. 124, no. 184.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Catalogue of Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture and Architecture (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1917), p. 124, no. 184.
- Théodore Duret, Courbet (Paris: Bernheim Jeune and Cie, 1918), p. 149.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Handbook of Sculpture, Architecture, Paintings and Drawings (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1920), p. 29, no. 184.
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