Antoine Vollon

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Description

Antoine Vollon
Boats on an Estuary
signed A Vollon (lower left)
oil on panel
25 5/8 by 39 3/4 in.
65 by 100.9 cm

Provenance

Sale: Sotheby's, London, March 21, 1984, lot 280, illustrated

Literature

Carol Forman Tabler, The Landscape Paintings of Antoine Vollon (1833-1900): A Catalogue and an Analysis, Phd. diss., Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, 1995, no.43

Catalogue Note

The view represented in the present work looks west over the beach near Le Treport's harbor entrance where a lighthouse can be seen rising from the mist. The jagged shapes at the compositon's far left suggest the tall buildings that line the quai.