In the collection of Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG
Rousseau worked as a customs clerk on the outskirts of Paris, and it's possible he has depicted this neighborhood here. Four people and a buggy move about a street, which is bordered by houses and a wall on either side and crossed by telephone wires overhead. Beyond the wall we see a church steeple and a monumental soufflé of clouds. Rousseau's embrace of popular visual culture, including postcards and the covers of adventure novels, fostered the dramatic graphic quality that makes scenes such as this one so distinctive.
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Henri Rousseau (French, 1844–1910) — Outskirts of Paris
Robert Lotiron — Landscape with Two Figures
Jean Hugo — Huy (Valley of the Meuse)
Maurice Utrillo — Street: Red Tower
Maurice Utrillo — Street in Montmartre
Paul Cézanne — The Church of Saint-Aspais Seen from the Plac
Jean Hugo — Lunel Seen from the Canal
Jean Hugo — Boat under Construction (Tréboul)
Maurice Utrillo — Street: Wineshops
Johan Barthold Jongkind — Rue Notre-Dame, Parijs
Maurice Utrillo — Church with Red Roof and White Walls
Henri Rousseau (le Douanier) — The Banks of the Bièvre near 
