Lot 159
  • 159

Eugène Boudin

Estimate
22,000 - 28,000 GBP
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Description

  • Eugène Louis Boudin
  • LAVEUSES AU BORD D'UNE RIVIÈRE
  • signed E Boudin (lower left)
  • oil on panel
  • 21.8 by 27cm., 8 1/2 by 10 5/8 in.

Provenance

Charles Ricada, Paris (sale: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 20th March 1893,  lot 31)
Alex Reid, Glasgow
Roland, Browse & Delbanco, London
Dr Sidney Charles Lewsen, London (acquired from the above on 5th December 1957; sale: Sotheby's, London, 14th March 1995, lot 4)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Exhibited

London, Marlborough Fine Art, Eugène Boudin, 1958, no. 41

Literature

Robert Schmit, Eugène Boudin, 1824-1898, Paris, 1973, vol.II, no. 2067, illustrated p. 293

Condition

The panel is sound. There are some fine flecks of retouching to the sky, and a further few to the lower left quadrant. These retouchings are visible under UV light. Otherwise, this work is in overall good condition. Colours: Overall fairly accurate in the printed catalogue, although the original is more lively.
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