EUGÈNE BOUDIN (1824 – 1898) Etretat, La Falaise d’Amont, 1891

Signed and dated ‘E. Boudin 91’ (lower right) Oil on panel 37.3 x 46.2 cm Painted in 1891 Provenance: Camentron, Paris; Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris (acquired from the above on July 26, 1899) Anonymous sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 18 février 1908, n°3; Private collection, France; Thence by descent to Private Collection, United Kingdom Literature: Ch. Sterling et M. Salinger, French Paintings: A Catalogue of the Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. XIX-XX Centuries Volume 3, New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1967, p. 134 R. Schmit, Eugène Boudin 1824-1898, vol. III, Paris, 1973, p. 113, no. 2870 (illustrated) Expert René MILLET In 1891, Boudin painted four paintings representing La Falaise d’Amont at Etretat (see R. Schmit, op. Cit. Supra, no. 2069 to 2072).