Lot 423
  • 423

Eugène Boudin

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Description

  • Eugène Louis Boudin
  • CHARTRES
  • signed E. Boudin, dated mai 93 and indistinctly inscribed oisine (lower right) 
  • oil on canvas

  • 46.2 by 55.2cm., 18 1/4 by 21 5/8 in.

Provenance

Durand-Ruel, Paris
Dr Martin, Paris
Sale: Sotheby's, New York, 14th May 1997, lot 108
Purchased at the above sale by the previous owner

Literature

Louis Cario, Eugène Boudin, Paris, 1928, illustrated pl. 38
Robert Schmit, Eugène Boudin, 1824-1898, Paris, 1973, vol. III, no. 3102, illustrated p. 194

Condition

The canvas is not lined. Apart from a 3 by 2cm. area of retouching to the left of the upper edge and small scattered lines and pinhead-sized spots of retouching to the clouds in the sky to cover fine craquelure, all visible under UV light, this work is in good condition.
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