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Lot 128
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Eugène Boudin

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 GBP
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Description

  • Eugène Louis Boudin
  • LE HAVRE. L'AVANT-PORT AU SOLEIL COUCHANT
  • signed E. Boudin, dated 82 and inscribed Le Havre (lower right)
  • oil on canvas
  • 54.5 by 74cm., 21 1/2 by 29 1/8 in.

Provenance

Séguy Collection, Paris (sale: Hotel Drouot, Paris, Vente Séguy, 21st March 1898, lot 3)
Sale: Palais Galliera, Paris, 17th March 1969, lot 31
Sale: Sotheby's, London, 10th December 1969, lot 9
Sale: Sotheby's, London, 4th December 1974, lot 12
Sale: Sotheby's, London, 1st July 1980, lot 16
Private Collection, United Kingdom (purchased at the above sale)
Thence by descent to the present owner

Literature

Robert Schmit, Eugène Boudin, 1824-1898, Paris, 1973, vol. II, no. 1683, illustrated p. 149

Condition

The canvas is lined. UV examination reveals some areas of retouching along the extreme left and right edges, and a further few flecks in places. Otherwise, this work is in overall good condition.
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