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Property from the Doris Duke Collection, Sold to Benefit the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation The early years of the 20th century produced a unique generation of wealthy American women who were adventurous, intelligent and independent. Doris Duke was one of the most extraordinary among them. She traveled through life with an imaginative mind and a generous spirit and left behind a legacy dedicated to improving the quality of people's lives. Doris Duke was born in 1912, the only daughter of James Buchanan 'Buck' Duke and his second wife, Nanaline Holt Inman. At a young age, Doris witnessed both the charitable and entrepreneurial sides of her father, a North Carolina native, who founded the American Tobacco Company and the Duke Power Company with his father and brother. In l924, less than a year before he would die of pneumonia, Buck Duke created The Duke Endowment to provide a permanent source of funding for Duke University (formerly Trinity College) and other designated public and religious institutions serving the people of the Carolinas. Her father's charitable legacy and the Duke family's long history of supporting public programs were traditions that Doris Duke maintained throughout her life. Doris Duke innovatively blended her life passions with philanthropic causes. When she was just twenty-one, she established a foundation called Independent Aid, later to become the Doris Duke Foundation. It is estimated that she gave away more than $400 million in current dollars during her lifetime, often as anonymous contributions. Today, her generosity continues through the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, which was established in 1996 and is one of the largest national foundations ever created by a woman. Property from the Doris Duke Collection, Sold to Benefit the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

Eugene Boudin (1824-1898)

Le Havre. Bassin de L'Eure

Details

Eugene Boudin (1824-1898)
Le Havre. Bassin de L'Eure
signed 'E. Boudin' (lower right)
oil on canvas
21 3/8 x 29¼ in. (54.3 x 74.3 cm.)
Painted in 1881

Provenance

Galeries Durand-Ruel, Paris (acquired from the artist, by 1886).
Durand-Ruel Gallery, New York (acquired from the above, 1888-1891).
Mrs. Maxwell (acquired from the above, 1901).
Anon. sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 20 January 1908, lot 73.
John Levy Galleries, New York.
Peter Kostoff, Springfield, Massachusetts.
Anon. sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 15 January 1958, lot 81. Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.

Literature

R.L. Benjamin, Eugène Boudin, New York, 1937, p. 194.
R. Schmit, Eugène Boudin, Paris, 1973, vol. II, p. 98, no. 1530 (illustrated; incorrectly stated as dated).

Special notice

Seller explicitly reserves all trademark and trade name rights and rights of privacy and publicity in the name and image of Doris Duke. No buyer of any property in this sale will acquire any right to use the Doris Duke name or image. Seller further explicitly reserves all copyright rights in designs or other copyrightable works included in the property offered for sale. No buyer of any property in the sale will acquire the rights to reproduce, distribute copies of, or prepare derivative works of such designs or copyrightable works.

Further details

*This lot may be tax exempt from sales tax as set forth in the Sales Tax Notice in the back of the catalogue.

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