Eugène Boudin

Estimate

500,000 - 700,000 USD

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Description

Eugène Louis Boudin
Bateaux à l'ancre dans le port, Portrieux
Signed .Boudin and dated -73. (lower right)
Oil on canvas
21 3/8 by 35 1/2 in.
54.3 by 90.2 cm

Provenance

Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris (acquired from the artist on September 13, 1886)
J.J. Hill, New York (acquired from above on March 23, 1892)
Galerie Durand-Ruel, New York (acquired from above on May 15, 1900)
Joseph Stransky, New York (acquired from the above on September 20, 1935)
Gregory Tarnopol and Alexander Tarnopol, New York
Gifted from the above in 1981

Exhibited

New York, National Academy of Design, Celebrated Paintings, brought from Paris, 1887, no. 18 (probably)
New York, Durand-Ruel, Exhibition of Paintings by Eugène Boudin, 1903, no. 28 (probably)
New York, Durand-Ruel, Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings by Eugène Boudin, 1929, no. 7
New York, Durand-Ruel, Exhibition of Paintings by Eugène Boudin, 1933 no. 22
Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, Loan Exhibition of Paintings by Eugène Boudin, 1935-36, no. 20
New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Eugène Boudin, 1824-1898, 1966, no. 22

Literature

Ruth L. Benjamin, ed., Eugène Boudin, New York, 1937, pp. 129 & 189
Robert Schmit, Eugène Boudin, vol. 1, Paris, 1973, no. 914, illustrated p. 326

Condition

Canvas is lined. The work has recently been lightly cleaned and presents beautifully. Under UV light there are two small spots of inpainting in left half of the sky at center. As well as three tiny pin-dots of retouching in the center of the right half of the sky. There are also three small dots of inpainting in the water above and below the small boats at lower left. Otherwise fine. Work is in excellent condition.
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