Lot 6
  • 6

Eugène Boudin

Estimate
35,000 - 45,000 USD
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Description

  • Eugène Louis Boudin
  • Environs de Brest. Embouchure de l'élorn
  • Signed E. Boudin and dated 73. (lower left)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 21 7/8 by 35 1/2 in.
  • 55.5 by 90.2 cm.

Provenance

Allard et Noël, Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris
Arthur Tooth & Sons, London
Sale: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, March 18, 1959, lot 32
Sale: Christie's, London, November 27, 1964, lot 68
Private Collection, New York (acquired at the above sale)
Thence by descent

Literature

Louis Cario, Eugène Boudin, Paris, 1928, illustrated pl. 13
Robert Schmit, Eugène Boudin, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, vol. I, Paris, 1973, no. 865, illustrated p. 306

Condition

Work is in fairly good condition. Canvas is lined. Surface is dirty. Despite the lining, landscape retains good impasto. Under UV light: a number of strokes of inpainting throughout the sky. These were likely applied at the time of an old cleaning to address some thinness in the sky.
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