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lower right: E. Boudin - 65

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 NGA curatorial files).

[2] Annotated sales catalogue in Knoedler library fiche (copy NGA curatorial files). Arthur Tooth records, volume XXI, London branch stock inventory, p. 105, Getty Research Institute, accession no. 860679.

[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.

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
Around Impressionism: French Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1999, no cat.
1999
Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art; Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, 1999, no. 12, repro.
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.