Seated Lady in Black, Trouville

1865

Eugène Boudin

Associated Names
Eugène Boudin

Artist, French, 1824 - 1898

The image depicts a woman seated on a chair, seen from her back side. She is turned slightly to the left, with her head also turned to the side. Her hair is styled neatly and covered with a headscarf. She is wearing a voluminous black dress, and the chair she is sitting on has a simple design. The background is plain and there are no visible accessories or objects. The drawing is dated "1868" in the upper right corner.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor and graphite on laid paper; laid down

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

  • Dimensions

    overall: 16 x 21.9 cm (6 5/16 x 8 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1995.47.24

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Knoedler & Co., New York); Mrs. Edward Hutton, Westbury, Long Island; (sale, Sotheby's, July 1, 1964, lot 12); (purchased by Maynard Walker, New York); purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA, 1965; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2007

  • Eugène Boudin at the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 2007 - 2008, unnumbered catalogue.

2016

  • In Celebration of Paul Mellon, NGA, 2016.

Inscriptions

lower right in pen and black ink: E.B.; lower right in graphite: 65; upper right in graphite: 1865

Wikidata ID

Q64560205

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