The Brook of Les Puits-Noir

Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress: Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, June 1–November 1, 1934, no. 175. New York, American Federation of the Arts, 19th Century French Paintings, 1948–1949; traveled to Saginaw Art Museum, December 19, 1948–January 9, 1949, cat. 6; Dayton, Dayton Art Institute, June 1–June 22, 1948; Springfield, Springfield Art Museum, no cat.; Memphis, Brooks Memorial Art Gallery, March 1949; Utica, New York, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, April 1949. Nagoaka, Niigata Prefectural Museum, Masterworks of Modern Art from the Art Institute of Chicago, April 20–May 29, 1944, no. 1; traveled to Nahoya, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, August 6–September 25, 1994. New York, Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, Courbet (1819–1877): Later Paintings, January 6–February 28, 1998 cat. 25; Roslyn Harbor, New York, Nassau Country Art Museum, March 7–May 29, 1998.

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