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Eugène Boudin

Fair in Brittany, 1874

Not on View

Medium

oil on wood

Dimensions

overall: 26.67 × 45.72 cm (10 1/2 × 18 in.)

framed: 40.96 × 61.28 × 6.35 cm (16 1/8 × 24 1/8 × 2 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (William A. Clark Collection)

Accession Number

2015.19.21

Artists / Makers

Eugène Boudin (artist) French, 1824 - 1898

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Inscription

lower right: E. Boudin 18[illegible]

Provenance

(Durand-Ruel, Paris); possibly (sale, The Durand-Ruel Collection of French Paintings, Moore's Art Galleries, New York, 5-6 May 1887, no. 5).[1] (Durand-Ruel, New York); purchased 1898 by William A. Clark [1839-1925], New York;[2] bequest April 1926 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.

[1] According to an annotated copy of the sale catalogue, a painting by this title sold for $210. No buyer is listed.

[2] The painting was included in an 1898 exhibition at the Durand-Ruel Galleries.

Associated Names

Clark, William Andrews
Corcoran Gallery of Art
Durand-Ruel et Cie

Exhibition History

1898: Exposition of Paintings by the Late Louis Eugène Boudin, Durand-Ruel Galleries, New York, 15 December 1898 - 15 January 1899, no. 2.

1959: Loan Exhibition. Masterpieces of the Corcoran Gallery of Art: A Benefit Exhibition in Honor of the Gallery's Centenary, Wildenstein, New York, 28 January - 7 March 1959, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

1978: The William A. Clark Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 1978, no checklist.

1983: La Vie Moderne: Nineteenth Century French Art from the Corcoran Gallery, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; Columbus Museum of Arts and Sciences, Georgia; Mary and Leigh Block Gallery, Northwestern University, Evanston; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Tampa Museum; Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha; Akron Art Museum, 1983-1985, no. 9, repro.

2011: A Passion for Nature: Landscape Painting from 19th Century France, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, 15 October 2011 - 20 February 2012, no catalogue.

Bibliography

1925: Carroll, Dana H. Catalogue of Objects of Fine Art and Other Properties at the Home of William Andrews Clark, 962 Fifth Avenue. Part I. Unpublished manuscript, n.d. (1925): 176, no. 184.

1932: Corcoran Gallery of Art. Illustrated Handbook of the W.A. Clark Collection. Washington, 1932: 36, no. 2013.

1937: Benjamin, Ruth L. Eugene Boudin. New York, 1937: 134, 194, repro..

1968: Jean-Aubry, Georges, with Robert Schmit. Eugene Boudin: 1824-1898. Paris, 1968: no. 788.

1973: Schmit, Robert. Eugéne Boudin, 1824-1898. 3 vols. Paris, 1973: 788, repro.

1987: Delouche, Denise. Eugene Boudin et la Bretagne: une aventure picturale à travers le thème breton. Tours, 1987: 93, repro.