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Eugène Boudin

A Couple Seated and a Couple Walking on the Beach, 1865

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Medium

watercolor over graphite

Dimensions

overall: 14 x 21.3 cm (5 1/2 x 8 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

Accession Number

1985.64.78

Artists / Makers

Eugène Boudin (artist) French, 1824 - 1898

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right in graphite: 1865; lower right artist's stamp in blue ink: E.B (Lugt 828)

Provenance

Désiré Louveau [1843-1913] (Lugt Supp. 1694a). (Wildenstein & Co.); acquired December 1961 by Paul Mellon [1907-1999]; gift 1985 to NGA.

Associated Names

Mellon, Paul

Exhibition History

1966: French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966, no. 207, repro.

Bibliography

1966: French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce; Twenty-fifth Anniversary Exhibition 1941-1966. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966: 207 (as "On the Beach").

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