Bathing Time at Deauville

1865

Eugène Boudin

Artist, French, 1824 - 1898

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on wood

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

  • Dimensions

    overall: 34.7 x 57.5 cm (13 11/16 x 22 5/8 in.)
    framed: 58.4 x 81.6 x 12.7 cm (23 x 32 1/8 x 5 in.)

  • Accession

    1983.1.8


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Cabruja sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 20 May 1921, no. 5); purchased by Durand-Ruel.[1] (sale, Christie's, London, 23 April 1937, no. 102, as Property of a Lady); (Arthur Tooth & Sons, London);[2] sold January 1943 to Mrs. Peter Pleydell-Bouverie, London, until at least 1954.[3] N. Beecham.[4] (Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, New York); sold December 1963 to Mr. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA; gift 1983 to NGA.
[1] Annotated sales catalogue in Knoelder library fiche (copy in NGA curatorial files).
[2] Annotated sales catalogue in Knoedler library fiche (copy in NGA curatorial files). Arthur Tooth records, accession no. 860679, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles: volume XXI, London branch stock inventory, p. 105.
[3] The Pleydell-Bouverie Collection of Impressionist and Other Paintings, exh. cat., Tate Gallery, London, 1954, no. 6.
[4] Beecham given as prior owner in A Selection of Important 19th Century French Masters, exh. cat., Marlborough Fine Art Ltd, London, October 1960, no. 3.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1937

  • La Flèche d'Or, Arthur Tooth and Sons, London, 1937, no. 2

1939

  • Summer Exhibition, Arthur Tooth & Sons, London, 1939, no. 32

1954

  • The Pleydell-Bouverie Collection of Impressionist and Other Paintings, The Tate Gallery, London, 1954, no. 6.

1960

  • A Selection of Important 19th Century French Masters, Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., London, 1960, no. 3.

1966

  • French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966, no. 14, repro.

1982

  • Manet and Modern Paris, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1982, no. 52, repro.

1989

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

1992

  • Boudin at Trouville, The Burrell Collection, Glasgow Museum; Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1992-1993, no. 39, repro.

1999

  • Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art; Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, 1999, no. 12, repro.

  • Around Impressionism: French Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1999, no cat.

2007

  • Impressionists by the Sea, Royal Academy of Arts, London; The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.; Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, 2007-2008, no. 16, repro.

2009

  • The Lens of Impressionism: Photography and Painting Along the Normandy Coast, 1850-1874, University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor; Dallas Museum of Art, 2009-2010, no catalogue.

2013

  • Impressionists at the Waterside: Depicting Urban Resorts: Paris, the Seine, and Normandy, Tokyo Fuji Art Museum; Fukuoka City Museum; The Museum of Kyoto, 2013-2014, no. 84, repro.

Bibliography

1985

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 63, repro.

Inscriptions

lower right: E. Boudin - 65

Wikidata ID

Q20188657


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