Eugne Boudin (1824-1898)

tretat. La falaise d'Aval

Details

Eugne Boudin (1824-1898)
tretat. La falaise d'Aval
signed and dated 'E. Boudin 1890 Etretat' (lower left)
oil on canvas
31 x 43 in. (79.9 x 109.9 cm.)
Painted in 1890

Provenance

Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, by whom acquired from the artist on 11 May 1891 (1,200 FF).
Sam Salz, Inc., New York.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's Parke Bernet, New York, 16 November 1983, lot 7.

Literature

C. Roger-Marx, Eugne Boudin, 1927 (illustrated, pl. 40).
L. Cario, Eugne Boudin, Paris, 1928 (illustrated, pl. 36).
R. Schmit, Eugne Boudin, 1824-1898, vol. III, Paris, 1973, no. 2727 (illustrated, p. 63).

Exhibited

Paris, Salon, 1891.
Paris, Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Exposition des oeuvres d'Eugne Boudin, 1899, no. 163.

Sale room notice

Lined. Examined under ultra-violet light. Evidence of in-paint to old frame abrasion in places at the extreme edges. Subject to the foregoing, it is our opinion that this work appears to be in generally good condition.
Catalogue illustration: the colours in the original are fractionally brighter overall than the illustration suggests, partularly evident in the cliff face, which is in the original much more varied in tone.

Lot Essay

Throughout the 19th century artists had been attracted to Etretat, a small fishing village on the Normandy coast, to the north of Le Havre. The rugged coastline, with its cliffs and interesting rock formations provided subject matter for, among others, Vernet, Isabey and Delacroix. Later Courbet and Monet stayed there together in 1868, and Courbet exhibited two views of Etretat in the 1870 Salon. Monet also painted several views of the jutting rock formations between 1883 and 1886 (see fig.1). Boudin knew this stretch of Normandy coast well, but it was only in the late 1880s and 1890s that he came to paint a series of views of the Etretat cliffs, no doubt partly inspired by the work of his fellow artists.

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