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Title: De luxe illustrated catalogue of the modern paintings forming the private collection of the late John H. Converse of Philadelphia
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: American Art Association
Subjects: Converse, John H. (John Heman), 1840-1910
Publisher: New York : American Art Association
Contributing Library: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library
Digitizing Sponsor: LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation

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: POOL AT FONTAINEBLEAU NARCISSE VIRGILE DIAZ DE LA PENA CATALOGUE No. 38 No. 38NARCISSE VIRGILE DIAZ DE LA PESfA FRENCH (1807-1876) POOL AT FONTAINEBLEAU Height, 17/^ inches; Length, 25/^ inches. PANEL The pool is on the right of the foreground, surrounded by brownish-oliveand yellow grass, interrupted by a single gray boulder. The water reflectsthe gray and blue of the sky and the brown and creamy trunks of six youngoaks which form an irregular screen at the back of the pool. Their yellow-ish-green foliage and brown limbs show against flusters of white cloud,interspersed with pale blue. On the left of the composition is a grassymound, topped by a few bushy trees. Signed and dated at the lower left, N. Diaz, 69.
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CHAUMIERE EN PICARDIETHEODORE ROUSSEAU CATALOGUE No. 39 No. 39 THEODORE ROUSSEAU FRENCH(1812-1867) ^ CHAUMIERE EN PICARDIE Height, 21/^ inches; length, 29% inches. The cottage, with its thatched roof, is seen embowered in apple trees, atthe top of an elevation on the right of the composition, the smoke from itssingle chimney showing gray against a background of oaks. The slope iscomposed of sandy soil, irregularly spotted with boulders and tussets ofcoarse grass. Toward the right of it grows a bush, covered with pink andcreamy blossoms, near the approach to a wooden foot-bridge which spans abrook. A girl is crossing it, dressed in a white cap and waist and a brightblue skirt. Her figure is seen against a low, grassy slope, crowned withtrees, the olive-green foliage of which is interrupted by another mass of rose-cream blossoms, growing on a tall stem. The sky is filled with volumesof rosy lavender and warm white cloud. On the back of the canvas is acertificate in French that the pictu

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