Georges-Jean-Marie Haquette

Boussod, Valadon & Cie, Paris 
Knoedler & Co., New York, no. 5441 (acquired from the above, November 23, 1886)
J.J. Gillespie & Co., Pittsburgh (acquired from the above, May 23, 1891)
Acquired from the above through the Prendergast Bequest, 1891

Descriptive Catalogue of the Art Gallery of the James Prendergast Library Association, Jamestown, 1906, no. 12 
Katherine E. Manthorne, The Mirror Up to Nature: A Catalogue of 19^th and 20^th Century Paintings in the Collection of The James Prendergast Library Association, Jamestown, New York, 1982, p. 16, illustrated

Oil on canvas laid down on board. The surface is visibly dirty and there are pinpoint dots of discoloration throughout. There are a few minor dents present in the sky and sea and a small dot of loss at lower right. A finely patterned web of craquelure is visible in the lighter pigments. Frame abrasion with associated discoloration is visible in current framing along the right edge. Under UV: old varnish fluoresces unevenly, which largely impedes a review of the surface; however, there is evidence of older fluorescence (both brushy and linear) in the sky along the left upper edge and a dot of retouching on the back of the rowboat.
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