Women on the Beach at Berck

1881

Eugène Boudin

Painter, French, 1824 - 1898

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On View

West Building Main Floor, Gallery 82

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on wood

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 24.8 x 36.2 cm (9 3/4 x 14 1/4 in.)
    framed: 41.6 x 52.4 x 5.2 cm (16 3/8 x 20 5/8 x 2 1/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1970.17.15

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Adolphe A. Tavernier, Paris; (his sale, by Bernheim-Jeune, experts, Paris, 23 March 1903, no. 14). Albert Pontremoli, London; (Pontremoli sale, Christie's, London, 23 June 1906, no. 44); purchased by (Bernheim-Jeune, Paris).[1] (Jacques Lindon, New York); sold 4 February 1947 to Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969], New York;[2] gift 1970 to NGA.
[1] According to Robert Schmit, Eugène Boudin, 1824-1898, 3 vols., Paris, 1973: 2:no. 1510.
[2] Receipt of sale from Lindon to Mrs. Bruce, dated 4 February 1947, in NGA curatorial files.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1978

  • Small French Paintings from the Bequest of Ailsa Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1978, unnumbered catalogue.

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..

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

2009

  • Loan to display with permanent collection, Academy Art Museum, Easton, Maryland, 2009-2010, no catalogue.

2013

  • Eugène Boudin, Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris, 2013, no. 38, repro.

  • Intimate Impressionism from the National Gallery of Art, Museo dell'Ara Pacis Augustae, Rome (exhibition title in this venue: Impressionist Gems); California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco; McNay Art Museum, San Antonio; Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo, Seattle Art Museum, 2013-2016, pl. 14.

Bibliography

1973

  • Schmit, Robert. Eugéne Boudin, 1824-1898. 3 vols. Paris, 1973: 2:no. 1510.

1975

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 42, repro.

1978

  • Small French Paintings from the Bequest of Ailsa Mellon Bruce. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978: 12, repro. (continuing exhibition beginning in 1978).

1984

  • Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 443, no. 443, color repro.

1985

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 62, repro.

Inscriptions

lower left: E. Boudin.81 / Berck

Wikidata ID

Q20188886

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