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Painted in 1893.

signed E. Boudin and dated 93 (lower right)

oil on panel

PROVENANCE

Sale: Christie's, London, 12th July 1907, lot 2
Private Collection
Sale: Butterfields, San Francisco, 8th November 1995, lot 831
Richard Green, London
Acquired from the above by the present owner circa 1998
LITERATURE AND REFERENCES

Robert Schmit, Eugène Boudin 1824-1898, Paris, 1973, vol. III, no. 3182, illustrated p. 223
CATALOGUE NOTE

Among the masters of late nineteenth century painting, Boudin is renowned for his vision of the beaches, seascapes and bustling harbours of Northern France. Inspired by Daubigny's and Corot's depictions of washerwomen at the riverside, Boudin created a series of views where local laveuses appear as the focal point of the composition.

'In their subject these paintings are the antithesis of Boudin's beach scenes. Unlike the fashionable visitors idling in the sand, these local women are hard at work. Boudin rarely shows them turning to each other and chattering; instead they are seen from behind, their backs bent, intent on their task.

[...] By the nature of their task, these washerwomen provided Boudin with an ideal subject combining as it did observation of the human figure with description of water, sky and landscape. In a series of small, almost repetitive pictures, Boudin explored a variety of colour harmonies, often achieving rich tapestry-like effects' (V. Hamilton, Boudin at Trouville (exhibition catalogue), Glasgow Museums, Glasgow, 1992, p. 123).