Sale 8904
New York, Park Avenue
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6 May 1998
Price realised
USD 27,600
Estimate
Eugene Boudin (1824-1898) Les Meules, vaches au pturage (Haystacks, Cows in the Pasture) signed 'E. Boudin.' (lower left) oil on canvas 21 x 29 in. (55.2 x 73.7 cm.) Painted 1885-1890
Provenance
Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris (October 1890) Mr. Kingman, New York (acquired from the above, April 1892) Durand-Ruel Gallery, New York Scott Thurber (acquired from the above, February 1894) Durand-Ruel Gallery, New York (from 10 January 1899) Anon. sale, Galerie Charpentier, Paris, 10-11 June 1958, lot 236 (titled Boeufs au pturage pendant la fenaison)
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Literature
R. Schmit, Eugne Boudin, Paris, 1973, vol. II, p. 301, no. 2091 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Exposition Boudin, December 1898-January 1899, no. 66. The Philadelphia Museum of Art (on loan).
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