Woman Washing, Trouville (Translation)
Laveusese dans le Port de Trouville (Primary Title)
Eugène Boudin, French, 1824 - 1898 (Artist)
The washerwoman portrayed here working among fishing boats contrasts vividly with Boudin’s scenes of the Parisian bourgeoisie relaxing on the beaches of Trouville. In the foreground, a woman stoops over soiled laundry, which she will rinse in the water, rub with sand as an abrasive, and then beat against the stones and rocks. The bank recedes into space on the diagonal; a bridge in the background signals the rapid urbanization of this growing resort town.
Signed and dated lower right: "E.B. 1863"
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
Eugène Boudin: The First Impressionist, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, November 14, 2007 - February 17, 2008
French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, March 17 - May 1, 1966
Boudin Exhibition, Marlborough Fine Arts, Ltd., 1958
Gimpel Gallery, London, 1951
French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, March 17 - May 1, 1966
Boudin Exhibition, Marlborough Fine Arts, Ltd., 1958
Gimpel Gallery, London, 1951
Collection of Hippolyte Fortin, Vimoutiers, until 1901. [1] (A. Tooth and Sons, London). Collection of Lady Sandwich, London, until 1963. (Oscar and Peter Johnson, Ltd., London) by 1963; Purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Mellon, Upperville, Virginia, in April of 1963; [2] Gift to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA), Richmond, Virginia in May of 1983.
[1] Sold Vente Fortin, Hotel Druout, Paris, May 9, 1901, No. 18. See VMFA Curatorial file and possibly the sale catalogue, Catalogue des tableaux modernes et quelques anciens composant la collection de M. Hippolyte Fortin (Paris: [s.n.], 1901).
[2] Purchased on April 1, 1963. See VMFA Curatorial file.
[1] Sold Vente Fortin, Hotel Druout, Paris, May 9, 1901, No. 18. See VMFA Curatorial file and possibly the sale catalogue, Catalogue des tableaux modernes et quelques anciens composant la collection de M. Hippolyte Fortin (Paris: [s.n.], 1901).
[2] Purchased on April 1, 1963. See VMFA Curatorial file.
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