The Valley of Les Puits-Noir

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The Valley of Les Puits-Noir, 1868. Oil on canvas.

Oil on canvas · 111.1 × 137.8 cm · Art Institute of Chicago · Realism

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Museum title: The Valley of Les Puits-Noir
Artist: Gustave Courbet (French, 1819–1877)
Date: 1868
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 111.1 × 137.8 cm (43 3/4 × 54 1/4 in.); Framed: 132.8 × 159.1 × 10.2 cm (52 1/4 × 62 5/8 × 4 in.)
Credit line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Morris I. Kaplan
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: Art Institute of Chicago

Artist’s life 1819–1877

Realism c. 1840–late 1800s

Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.