Eugène BOUDIN 1824-1898 ETAPLES, LOW TIDE, 1880 Oil on canvas signed, dated and located lower left 36 x 58,5 Provenance : Hôtel Drouot Paris, Sale of March 27, 1901 Lot 2 Guido Carminati Collection, Milan, Italy His sale, Galleria Pesaro, Milan, December 1930, lot 37 (sold as "Marina di Vapter") Private Collection Probably Newhouse Galleries Inc. New York New York Probably acquired from this gallery Private Collection, New Jersey French enthusiast Bibliography: Robert Schmit catalog raisonné volume II n°1285 p. 9

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