158 - Eugène BOUDIN (Honfleur, 1824 – Deauville, 1898)

Eugène BOUDIN (Honfleur, 1824 – Deauville, 1898) Honfleur. The Launch of the “Solférino” Oil on panel Signed with initials, located, and dated “E.B. Honfleur August 18, 1860” in the lower right corner Honfleur. The Launch of the “Solférino,” oil on panel, signed and dated by E. Boudin 6.88 x 15.15 in. 17.5 x 38.5 cm Provenance: Commissioned from Eugène Boudin by Mr. Gaudibert of Le Havre, along with a painting of another launch, for a total of 100 francs for both in August 1860; Gustave Cahen Collection, Rue Lafitte, Paris; Augustin Normand Collection, Le Havre; Auction, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, April 3, 1963, lot 86; Private collection, United States; Paul Rosenberg & Company, New York, according to a label on the reverse (probably in 1963, then sold in 1964); Cunningham Collection, United States, in 1976; Anonymous sale, L’Isle-Adam, June 11, 1988; Private collection, Brussels Exhibitions: Exhibition of works by Eugène Boudin, Paris, École nationale des Beaux-Arts, 1899, no. 288 Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut, probably in 1963, according to a label on the reverse “Jongkind and the Pre-Impressionists,” Williamstown (Massachusetts), Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, December 17, 1976 – February 13, 1977, no. 39, according to a label on the reverse Bibliography: Robert Schmit, *Eugène Boudin, 1824–1898*, Paris, 1973, Volume I, p. 80, no. 253 Robert Schmit, *Eugène Boudin, 1824–1898*, Second Supplement, Paris, 1993, p. 197, no. 253 Eugène BOUDIN (Honfleur, 1824 – Deauville, 1898) 17.5 x 38.5 cm