Roy Johnson remarks that 'the architecture of this village is so similar to that of Rochefort-en-Terre where O'Conor was based from the end of 1895 until the beginning of 1899, we can reasonably assume that this loosely worked picture was painted there. A great deal about this work is open to speculation as there is nothing specific in the environs of Rochefort which in itself would suggest the development of such a colour range. It is difficult to determine whether this is a work in progress or not. So much experimentation is discernible in O'Conor's work that this form may have been considered an adequate statement. If so, it presents a radical new development in his work, which within the terms suggested here would surely have led him through the practices of the Fauves ultimately towards abstraction. In the light of his later development, where such issues were not pursued, it can be assumed to unfinished'
(R. Johnson, loc. cit.)