Eugène Boudin
Brittany: Fishermen’s Wives Waiting at the Shore

Brittany: Fishermen’s Wives Waiting at the Shore

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Brittany: Fishermen’s Wives Waiting at the Shore
ArtistFrench, 1824–1898
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Brittany: Fishermen’s Wives Waiting at the Shore
Date1872
PlaceFrance
MediumOil on wood
DimensionsCanvas or panel: 15 1/4 × 22 in. (38.7 × 55.9 cm)
Credit LineJohn A. and Audrey Jones Beck Collection, gift of Audrey Jones Beck
Object number98.270
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
222 Beck Galleries
On view

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ProvenanceHecquet family collection, Grenoble, France; [Palais Galliéra, Paris, "Tableaux Modernes," June 21, 1966, lot 191]; [Etudes Rheims et Laurin, Paris, 1966]; Mr. John A. and Mrs. Audrey Jones Beck, Houston, 1966–1998; given by Mrs. Audrey Jones Beck to MFAH, 1998.

Exhibition HistoryEXHIBITED: Houston, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, "The Collection of John A. and Audrey Jones Beck", 1974, pp. 18-19.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
signed and dated lower right: "E. Boudin 72"
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