Henry Moret (1856-1913)
L'le de Groix
signed and dated 'Henry Moret 1904' (lower left)
oil on canvas
32 x 25 in. (81.3 x 65.5 cm.)
Painted in 1904
Provenance
Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris (acquired from the artist, 1904).
Durand-Ruel Gallery, New York (1908).
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, 27 June 1990, lot 24.
Exhibited
New York, Durand-Ruel Gallery, Moret, 1914, no. 7.
New York, Exhibition of Marine Subjects by French Artists, 1925, no. 4.
Geneva, Galerie des Granges, Les Post-Impressionnistes de la Galerie Durand-Ruel, 1973, no. 52 (illustrated).
Lot Essay
A photo-certificate from Jean-Yves Rolland dated Paris, 24 September 1998 accompanies this painting, which will be included in his forthcoming Moret catalogue raisonn.