Lot 373
  • 373

Eugène Boudin

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 GBP
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Description

  • Eugène Louis Boudin
  • Dordrecht, Moulin sur la Meuse
  • signed E. Boudin and dated 84 (lower left)
  • oil on canvas
  • 41.3 by 55.5cm., 16 1/4 by 21 7/8 in.

Provenance

Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris
Sale: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 29th April 1901, lot 11
Adams Gallery, London
Alex Reid & Lefevre, London
Private Collection, London
Thence by descent to the present owner (acquired by 2013)

Literature

Robert Schmit, Eugène Boudin, Paris, 1973, vol. II, no. 1861, illustrated p. 218

Condition

The canvas is strip-lined. Examination under UV light reveals tiny spots and lines of retouching to the water along the lower edge, two small spots of retouching to the sky above the tree towards the left edge and some further minor flecks of retouching to the sky. There are small spots of paint loss to the lower left and right corners. This work is in overall good condition.
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