#138. Pigeon Lake, Forest of Fontainebleau.

  28.5 × 36, oil on canvas. "Gilbert Munger" lower left. A paper label on the back shows the title, size, artist and "No. 6." The title matches a painting exhibited at Noe Art Galleries, New York, in the 4 January 1904 retrospective exhibition of Munger's paintings, although the newspaper reported "Pigeon Lake" as "No. 5". Sold to a Duluth MN collector from the estate sale of the contents of the Duluth MN Masonic House in 1998. The painting had been in that building since the very early 1900s. It is almost identical to painting #78. The lake is very near to the village of Franchard and was painted by many Barbizon artists. Image from author's photo.