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Collection Online as of April 15, 2026

A horizontally oriented oil painting depicts a sunlit dirt road dappled with shadows from overhanging trees. In the foreground, a red signature sits at the lower left. To the right, two figures lean over stone troughs, one in a red and blue garment near a dark bucket. Dark foliage frames the path, leading to a small, distant figure walking toward a bright, sun-drenched opening in the dense green background.

Well at the Side of a Road

1860s

Adolphe Appian

(French, 1818–1898)
France, 19th century
oil on fabric
Unframed: 28.2 x 45 cm (11 1/8 x 17 11/16 in.)
Bequest of Noah L. Butkin 1980.227
Location: Not on view
  • Possibly, Lyons sale, 29 March 1973, Chioggia, 28.2 x 45 cm, ff 4,400 (same dimensions as Cleveland painting). Claude Marumo, Paris. Sold in 1977 to Noah L. Butkin, Cleveland. Bequeathed to the cma on 19 December 1980.
  • Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1980.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 68, no. 6 (June 1981): 163–219. Mentioned: p. 211, no. 21 www.jstor.org
    Argencourt, Louise d', and Roger Diederen. Catalogue of Paintings. Pt. 4. European Paintings of the 19th Century. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1974. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 16-17, Vol. I, no. 5
  • Year in Review: 1980. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 24-July 19, 1981).
  • {{cite web|title=Well at the Side of a Road|url=false|author=Adolphe Appian|year=1860s|access-date=15 April 2026|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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