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Description: REPRODUCTION DEPICTS CATTLE IN FOREST STREAM "LE SOIR." "ENTERED ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONGRESS IN THE YEAR 1883 BY M. KNOEDLER & CO. IN THE OFFICE OF THE LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS IN WASHINGTON" & "IN PRIME & PUBLIE PAR GOUPIL & CIEEDITEURS LE IRE 8BRE, 1888 PARIS-LONDRE-LA HAYE" & "LE SOU" AT BOTTOM. "PEINT PAR BERNIER" & "BERLIN-VERLAG VON GOUPIL & CO." IN LOWER LEFT. "PHOTOGRAVURE GROUPIL & CIE" & "NEW YORK, PUBLISHED BY M. KNOEDLER" IN LOWER RIGHT. "BERNIER" SIGNATURE IN LOWER LEFT. MOUNTED OVER WHITE MATTE.

History: FRENCH CANADIAN. DEPICTS CATTLE IN FOREST STREAM. MOUNTED OVER WHITE MATTE. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS. SHE WAS UNABLE TO FIND NEW INFORMATION ABOUT THE DONOR OF THIS PRINT OR THE OBJECT'S TIES TO SOUTHERN ALBERTA, BUT FOUND LIMITED INFORMATION ABOUT THE PULISHING HOUSE THAT PRODUCED THE PRINT, VIA THE ONLINE ARCHIVES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS: "M. KNOEDLER & COMPANY WAS ESTABLISHED IN NEW YORK IN 1846. THE PARIS OFFICE OPENED IN 1895 AND THE LONDON OFFICE OPENED SHORTLY THEREAFTER. IN ADDITION TO BUYING AND SELLING ARTWORK, M. KNOEDLER & COMPANY MAINTAINED A LIBRARY OF AUCTION CATALOGS AND OTHER ART-RELATED PUBLICATIONS ANNOTATED, BY KNOEDLER EMPLOYEES, WITH SALE PRICE AND BUYER DATA, NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS, AND OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION." LIMITED INFORMATION ABOUT THE ARTIST, C. BERNIER WAS FOUND: HE IS THANKED AND LISTED AS RESIDING IN PARIS IN THE PREFACE OF EMILE MICHEL'S 1910 PUBLICATION 'GREAT MASTERS OF LANDSCAPE PAINTING'; VARIOUS PHOTOGRAVURE REPRODUCTIONS SIGNED "BERNIER" AND DATED TO THE LATE 1800S ARE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE ONLINE.