Lot 255
  • 255

EUGÈNE LOUIS BOUDIN | Etretat. La falaise d'Amont

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 EUR
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Description

  • Etretat. La falaise d'Amont
  • signed E. Boudin and dated 91 (lower right)
  • oil on panel
  • 37,3 x 46,2 cm; 14 3/4 x 18 1/4 in.
  • Painted in 1891.

Provenance

Camentron, Paris
Galeries Durand-Ruel, Paris (acquired from the above on July 26, 1899)
Private collection
Sale: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, February 18, 1908, lot 3
Private collection, France
Thence by descent to the present owner

Literature

Robert Schmit, Eugène Boudin 1824-1898, vol. III, Paris, 1973, no. 2870, illustrated p. 113

Condition

Cradled panel. The panel is sound. Examination under UV light reveals some small dots and fine lines of retouching in places, predominately to the upper part of the left edge and to the upper right corner. There is some frame rubbing along the extreme edges. The impastos are well preserved. Colours are fresh. This work is in overall good condition.
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