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Alexandre Blanc, Paris (and sold, his sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, December 3-4, 1906, lot 56, illustrated, as Plage en Normandie)
Mallet, London (acquired at the above sale) 
Sale: Sotheby's, London, July 3, 1968, lot 28a, illustrated (as Plage en Normandie)  
Arthur Murray, Honolulu (acquired at the above sale and sold, Sotheby's, New York, May 11, 1977, lot 4, illustrated)
Kunsthandel Ivo Bouwman, The Hague (by 1977) 
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Bakker, Aerdenhout, The Netherlands (acquired from the above) 
Sale: Sotheby's, London, December 1, 1993, lot 113, illustrated
Acquired at the above sale 

Paris, Durand-Ruel, 1899, no. 79
The Hague, Kunsthandel Ivo Bouwman, Peintres de l'École de la Haye et des Impressionnistes, October 1-22, 1977, n.n.
Dordrechts Museum; Tokyo, Odakyu Grand Gallery; The Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum; The Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Jongkind (Yonkinto ten), September 11, 1982- February 13, 1983, no. 39

Victorine Hefting, Jongkind, sa vie, son oeuvre, son époque, Paris, 1975, p. 180, no. 390, illustrated
Victorine Hefting, J.B. Jongkind: voorloper van het impressionisme, Amsterdam, 1992, p. 90, illustrated
Adolphe Stein, Sylvie Brame, François Lorenceau and Janine Sinizergues, eds., Jongkind, Catalogue critique de l’oeuvre, Paris, 2003, vol. 1, p. 191, no. 430, illustrated
François Auffret Jongkind, héritier, contemporain et précurseur, Paris, 2004, p. 318, illustrated 

Examined in the frame. Lined. The surface presents well and appears bright and fresh. There is scattered barely visible craquelure and horizontal and vertical stretcher bar marks visible in the sky at upper right, with some minor frame abrasion along the upper edge. Under UV: there is brushy inpainting in the upper right corner and along the upper right edge (somewhat visible to the naked eye); and a few fine pin dots of inpainting along the upper edge to address prior frame abrasion. There is a brushy area of retouching near the upper left edge and a very few dots of retouching in the sky, with some additional brushy fluorescence in the sky that is likely inherent.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.

We would like to thank the Comité Jongkind Paris-La Haye for kindly contributing catalogue information and confirming the authenticity of this lot which will be included in their catalogue critique now in preparation; the archive reference number is H0334.