Maxime Maufra

Durand-Ruel, Paris (acquired from the artist in 1907)
Desmond Fitzgerald, Boston (acquired from the above in 1908 and sold: American Artists Association, New York, 1927, lot 181)
Acquired at the above sale by the family of the present owners

Paris, Salon d'Automne, 1907, no. 1259
Manchester, City of Manchester Art Gallery, Exhibition of Modern French Paintings, 1907-08, no. 226

Arsène Alexandre, Maxime Maufra, Peintre marin et rustique, Paris, 1926, p. 204

Canvas is not lined. Surface retains a rich and textured impasto. Work has recently been cleaned. Under UV Light: there are nail-head spots of retouching in extreme upper right and upper left corners. There is also a one inch area of inpainting toward the lower left corner as well as a one inch and one centimeter areas at the center left directly above the bridge. These three areas of inpainting correspond to patches on the reverse. Otherwise fine, this work is in very good condition.
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