Ships and Sailing Boats Leaving Le Havre, 1887

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 90.4 x 130.5 cm (35 9/16 x 51 3/8 in.)

framed: 155.6 x 115.6 cm (61 1/4 x 45 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

Accession Number

1983.1.7

Artists / Makers

Eugène Boudin (artist) French, 1824 - 1898

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right: E. Boudin 1887

Provenance

Durand-Ruel family, Paris; acquired after 1942 by (Sam Salz, New York); sold 1959 to Mr. Paul Mellon, Upperville, Virginia; gift 1983 to NGA.[2]

[1]This object does not appear on the list of paintings imported by Salz into the United States 1939-1940, nor on his list of stock dated January 1943 (NARA/RG131/Foreign Funds Control Investigative Reports/Box 30, no. N 8-2318, copied NGA curatorial file).

[2] According to Paul Mellon records in NGA curatorial files.

Associated Names

Durand-Ruel et Cie
Mellon, Paul
Salz, Sam

Exhibition History

1888: Salon of 1888, Paris, no. 321, as Le bateau pilote.

1960: Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture Collected by Yale Alumni: An Exhibition, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut, 1960, no. 44, repro., as La Sortie du Havre.

1966: French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966, no. 20, repro

1986: Gifts to the Nation: Selected Acquisitions from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1986, unnumbered checklist

1989: Paintings by Eugène Boudin from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1989, no cat.

2005: La mar de arte. Una travesia por la historia de la navegació a vela (Art Galore. An exploration into the History of Sailing), IVAM, Valencia, 2005-2006, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

2007: Eugène Boudin at the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2007, no cat.

2007: Eugene Boudin, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 2007-2008, no cat.

Bibliography

1985: European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 62, repro.