EUGÈNE BOUDIN | Deauville, Le Bassin

Galerie Charpentier, Paris (acquired by 1957)
M. Knoedler & Co., New York
Acquired from the above on November 11, 1981

Paris, Galerie Charpentier, Cent chefs-d'oeuvre de l'art français, 1957, n.n.
Paris, Galerie Charpentier, Cent tableaux d'Eugène Boudin: Trésors du musée de Caen et Boudin, 1958, no. 62
New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Eugène Boudin, 1981, no. 19

Robert Schmit, Eugène Boudin, 1824-1898, vol. II, Paris, 1973, no. 1415, illustrated p. 61

The panel is sound. There is frame abrasion to all four edges, most notably two half-inch scratches to the panel along the left edge, and a one inch scratch to the lower right edge. There is an additional two inch scratch toward the upper right corner. Under UV light: there are a few minor strokes of inpainting to all four edges to address aforementioned frame abrasion, as well as to the upper left corner and to the scratch in the upper right corner. The work is in good condition.
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