Eugène Boudin
French, 1824–1898
Le Havre, Sailboats in the Port
1883
This painting depicts the port of Le Havre in Normandy, the second-largest harbor in France. Boudin's lively brushstrokes convey a sense of movement as the rapidly sketched figures, indicated by a few touches of gray and white paint, busy themselves in rowboats and on the dock near the moored vessels.
| Medium | oil on panel |
| Dimensions | 12 13/16 × 9 1/16 in. (32.5 × 23 cm) |
| Object Number | 2011.6.3 |
| Acquisition | Gift of John C. Haas and Chara C. Haas, 2011 |
| Status | Off View |
Image Caption
Eugène Boudin, Le Havre, Sailboats in the Port, 1883, oil on panel. Clark Art Institute, gift of John C Haas and Chara C Haas, 2011.6.3
Provenance
Sale, Drouot, Paris, 30 Nov. 1925, no. 4, ill.; Mme J. Danthon, Paris (until 1933, her sale, Drouot, Paris, 24 May 1933, no. 18, ill.); Renier, Paris (from 1933); Sale, Musée Galliera, Paris, 20 June 1968, no. 241, ill.; John and Chara Haas, Villanova, PA; Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2011.
