Lot 308
  • 308

Eugène Boudin

Estimate
55,000 - 75,000 GBP
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Description

  • Eugène Louis Boudin
  • ÉTAPLES, BATEAUX DANS LE PORT
  • inscribed Etaples, signed E. Boudin and dated 76 (lower right)

  • oil on canvas

  • 40 by 55.5cm., 15 3/4 by 21 7/8 in.

Provenance

Lechat Collection, Paris
Galeries Durand-Ruel, Paris (acquired from the above on 17th April 1901)
R. Watson (acquired from the above on 12th June 1928)
Galerie Alfred Daber, Paris
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York
Private Collection (acquired circa 1970)

Exhibited

Paris, Galeries Durand-Ruel, Exposition Boudin, 1923, no. 15
Paris, Galeries Durand-Ruel, Exposition Boudin, 1927, no. 40
London, Marlborough Fine Arts, Eugène Boudin 1824-1898, 1958
Paris, Galerie Alfred Daber, Peinture 1830-1940, 1962, no. 16
Paris, Galerie Alfred Daber, Paysages, 1965, no. 26

Literature

Robert Schmit, Eugène Boudin, 1824-1898, Paris, 1973, vol. I, no. 1151, illustrated p. 398

Condition

The canvas is lined. Apart from a 3cm. by 2cm. area of retouching to the upper left edge, some scattered spots of retouching to the upper left quadrant and a speck of retouching to the right edge, all visible under UV light, this work is in good condition.
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