Washerwoman near Trouville, c. 1872/1876

Not on View

Medium

oil on wood

Dimensions

overall: 27.6 × 41.3 cm (10 7/8 × 16 1/4 in.)

framed: 46.04 × 60.64 × 8.26 cm (18 1/8 × 23 7/8 × 3 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

Accession Number

1983.1.15

Artists / Makers

Eugène Boudin (artist) French, 1824 - 1898

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right: E. Boudin

Provenance

(Boudin sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 28 February 1877, no. 9).[1] Hutinel, Paris M. Laisné; consigned 1962 to (Hector Brame, Paris);[2] sold 1962 to Mr. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA; gift 1983 to NGA.

[1]According to Robert Schmit, Eugene Boudin, 1984, vol I: no. 840. However, copies of two sales catalogues from this date at the Frick Art Reference Library does not include any Boudins.

[2]See letter from Philippe Brame, dated 8 June 1999, in NGA curatorial files.

Associated Names

Brame, Hector
Drouot, Hôtel
Hutinel
Laisné
Mellon, Paul

Exhibition History

1979: 19th and 20th Century French Painting from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 1979 (long term exhibition), checklist no. 3

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

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.

2011: Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; The National Art Center, Tokyo; Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, 2011, not in catalogue (shown only in Toyko and Kyoto).

2013: Intimate Impressionism from the National Gallery of Art, Museo dell'Ara Pacis Augustae, Rome (exhibition title in this venue: Impressionist Gems); California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco; McNay Art Museum, San Antonio; Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo, Seattle Art Museum, 2013-2016.

2024: L'impressionnisme et la mer [Impressionism and the Sea], Musée des impressionnismes Giverny, 2024, no. 49, repro.

Bibliography

1985: European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 65, repro.