Landscape with a Rainbow

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Prints and Drawings

c. 1871

Charles François Daubigny
French, 1817-1878

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Artist: Charles François Daubigny
Title: Landscape with a Rainbow
Origin: France
Date: 1866–1876
Medium: Black and red chalk on tan wove paper
Dimensions: 308 × 483 mm
Credit Line: Restricted gift of Mrs. Leigh B. Block
Reference Number: 1962.377

The Art Institute of Chicago Annual Report (1961-1962), p. 24, (ill.).
Harold Joachim, French Drawings and Sketchbooks of the 19th Century (Chicago, 1978), pp. 39-40, no. 2B10.

New York, Wildenstein and Company, “Master Drawings from The Art Institute of Chicago,” October 17-November 30, 1963, cat. 92.
Paris, Musée du Louvre, “Dessins français de l’Art Institute de Chicago de Watteau à Picasso,” October 15, 1976-January 17, 1977, n.p., cat. 46 (ill.).
Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Städtische Galerie im Städelschen Kunstinstitut, “Französische Zeichnungen aus dem Art Institute of Chicago,” February 10-April 10, 1977, pp. 100-101, cat. 47 (ill.).
Stuttgart, Wurttenbergischer Kunstverein, “Rainbows in Art in the Wurttembergischer Kunstvrein,” September 28-October 30, 1977.
Memphis, Tenn., The Dixon Gallery and Gardens, “Charles Francois Daubigny,” March 26-April 23, 1978.
The Art Institute of Chicago, May 1, 1987-July 24, 1989.
Munich, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, “Die Freunde der Natur. Barbizon und Seine Kunstler,” February 2-April 21, 1996.

Estate of the artist [Lugt 518]. Sold, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, May 6-11, 1878, Daubigny sale, lot 142. Sold by Jacques Seligmann and Company, New York, to the Art Institute, 1962.

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