The Banks of the Bièvre near Bicêtre, ca. 1908–09, Oil on canvas, 21 1/2 x 18 in. (54.6 x 45.7 cm), Paintings, Henri Rousseau (le Douanier) (French, Laval 1844–1910 Paris), Rousseau identified the subject of this painting in a handwritten note, affixed to its stretcher, dated 1909, the year he consigned it for sale to the dealer Ambroise Vollard. The scene depicts the landscape around Bicêtre, a working-class community on the southern edge of Paris near the Bièvre river (now buried underground as it courses through the city)
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Banks, Bièvre, Bicêtre, ca, 1908–09, Oil, canvas, 21 1/2 x 18, 54.6 45.7 cm, Paintings, Henri Rousseau, le Douanier, French, Laval, 1844–1910, Paris, Rousseau identified, subject, painting, handwritten note, affixed, stretcher, dated 1909, year, consigned, sale, dealer Ambroise, Vollard, scene depicts, landscape, working-class community, southern edge, Bièvre river, now buried, underground, courses, city
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