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Montigny-sur-Loing, 1876
Will H. Low (1853 - 1932)
Oil on canvas
21¾ x 18⅛ inches
Dated, signed, and inscribed lower left: 1876 WILL. • H • LOW MONTIGNY sur Loing
21¾ x 18⅛ inches
Dated, signed, and inscribed lower left: 1876 WILL. • H • LOW MONTIGNY sur Loing
Provenance
Private collection, France
Sale, Sotheby’s, New York, New York, December 2, 2010, lot 11
Private collection, Michigan
Related Work
Self-Portrait at Montigny, 1876, oil on canvas, 21¾ x 18 inches; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
Note
Low painted this work while living in Paris. The vicinity of the Loing river was a preferred subject of the French impressionists. Situated in the forest of Fontainebleau, Montigny-sur-Loing was a popular place for ceramicists inspired by impressionistic aesthetics as well as author Guy de Maupassant, who wrote his final novel while living there, and Victor Laloux, the Beaux-Arts architect.