Fair in Brittany
1874
Artist, French, 1824 - 1898
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on wood
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 26.67 × 45.72 cm (10 1/2 × 18 in.)
framed: 40.96 × 61.28 × 6.35 cm (16 1/8 × 24 1/8 × 2 1/2 in.) -
Accession
2015.19.21
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Durand-Ruel, Paris); possibly (sale, The Durand-Ruel Collection of French Paintings, Moore's Art Galleries, New York, 5-6 May 1887, no. 5).[1] (Durand-Ruel, New York); purchased 1898 by William A. Clark [1839-1925], New York;[2] bequest April 1926 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.
[1] According to an annotated copy of the sale catalogue, a painting by this title sold for $210. No buyer is listed.
[2] The painting was included in an 1898 exhibition at the Durand-Ruel Galleries.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1898
Exposition of Paintings by the Late Louis Eugène Boudin, Durand-Ruel Galleries, New York, 15 December 1898 - 15 January 1899, no. 2.
1959
Loan Exhibition. Masterpieces of the Corcoran Gallery of Art: A Benefit Exhibition in Honor of the Gallery's Centenary, Wildenstein, New York, 28 January - 7 March 1959, unnumbered catalogue, repro.
1978
The William A. Clark Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 1978, no checklist.
1983
La Vie Moderne: Nineteenth Century French Art from the Corcoran Gallery, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; Columbus Museum of Arts and Sciences, Georgia; Mary and Leigh Block Gallery, Northwestern University, Evanston; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Tampa Museum; Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha; Akron Art Museum, 1983-1985, no. 9, repro.
2011
A Passion for Nature: Landscape Painting from 19th Century France, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, 15 October 2011 - 20 February 2012, no catalogue.
Bibliography
1925
Carroll, Dana H. Catalogue of Objects of Fine Art and Other Properties at the Home of William Andrews Clark, 962 Fifth Avenue. Part I. Unpublished manuscript, n.d. (1925): 176, no. 184.
1932
Corcoran Gallery of Art. Illustrated Handbook of the W.A. Clark Collection. Washington, 1932: 36, no. 2013.
1937
Benjamin, Ruth L. Eugene Boudin. New York, 1937: 134, 194, repro..
1968
Jean-Aubry, Georges, with Robert Schmit. Eugene Boudin: 1824-1898. Paris, 1968: no. 788.
1973
Schmit, Robert. Eugéne Boudin, 1824-1898. 3 vols. Paris, 1973: 788, repro.
1987
Delouche, Denise. Eugene Boudin et la Bretagne: une aventure picturale à travers le thème breton. Tours, 1987: 93, repro.
Inscriptions
lower right: E. Boudin 18[illegible]
Wikidata ID
Q46630094