Entrance to the Harbor, Le Havre

1883

Eugène Boudin

Artist, French, 1824 - 1898

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

  • Dimensions

    overall: 118.6 x 160.2 cm (46 11/16 x 63 1/16 in.)
    framed: 142.9 x 192.7 cm (56 1/4 x 75 7/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1983.1.16


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Duneau, Paris; sold 1902 to (Durand-Ruel, New York and Paris),[1] until at least 1940;[2] Stanley N. Barbee, New York; (Barbee sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 20 April 1944, no. 30); purchased by Coblentz, USA.[3] (Wildenstein, London, New York and Paris); sold 1962 to Mr. Paul Mellon, Upperville;[4] gift 1983 to NGA.
[1]Name of seller and date of sale to Durand-Ruel according to Robert Schmidt, Eugene Boudin (3 vols., Paris 1973), II:no. 1723 [2]Lent by Durand-Ruel to 1940 Golden Gate International Exhibition. [3]Name of purchaser according to annotated copy of sales catalogue in M. Knoelder & Co. library. [4]According to Paul Mellon records in NGA curatorial files

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1883

  • Possibly Salon of 1883, Paris, no. 321, as La Sortie

1905

  • Pictures by Boudin, Cézanne, Degas, Manet, Monet, Morisot, Pissarro, Renoir, Sisley, Grafton Galleries, London, 1905, probably no. 3, as Leaving Port - Havre

1926

  • Exposition de Tableaux par Boudin, Galeries Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1926-1927, no. 9, as Sortie du port du Havre.

1932

  • Possibly Nineteenth Century French Art, Albright Art Gallery, 1932, no. 1.

1935

  • Loan Exhibition of Paintings by Eugene Boudin, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1935-1936, no. 12, as Havre Harbor; Outward Bound.

1936

  • Eugene Boudin, Durand-Ruel Galleries, New York, 1936, no. 9, as Sortie du port du Havre.

1940

  • Golden Gate International Exhibition, Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco, 1940, no. 232, as Port of Havre.

1986

  • Capolavori Impressionisti dei Musei Americani, Museo e Gallerie Nazionali di Capodimonte, Naples; Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan, 1986-1987, no. 1, repro.

1989

  • Paintings by Eugène Boudin from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1989, no cat.

2007

  • Eugène Boudin at the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2007, no cat.

  • Eugene Boudin, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 2007-2008, no cat.

Bibliography

1985

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 65, repro.

Inscriptions

lower left: E. Boudin / Le Havre 83

Wikidata ID

Q20189593


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