Jean Paulhan, Paris (acquired directly from the artist by 1949 until 1968)
Marie-Louise Jeanneret, Geneva (until 1986)
Heinz Stamm, Meilen (acquired in 1986)
Private Collection, Switzerland (acquired in 1991)

Munich, Haus der Kunst, Georges Braque, 1963, no. 1, illustrated in the catalogue
Geneva, Galerie Krugier, Jean Paulhan et ses environs, 1967, no. 2 
Paris, Orangerie des Tuileries, Georges Braque, 1973-74, no. 454, illustrated in the catalogue
Rome, Accademia di Francia, Villa Medici, Braque, 1974-75, no. 2
Saint-Paul, Fondation Maeght, Georges Braque, 1980, no. 3
Bordeaux, Galerie des Beaux-Arts; Strasbourg, Musée d'Art Moderne, Braque en Europe, 1982, no. 4, illustrated in the catalogue 
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art; London, The Royal Academy, The Fauve Landscape, 19ཧ90, no. 183, illustrated in colour in the catalogue

 

Henry Hope, George Braque, New York, 1949, p. 13
Edwin Mullins, Braque, London, 1968, illustrated pl. 4
Pierre Descargues & Massimo Carrà, Tout l'œuvre peint de Braque, 1908-1929, Milan, 1971, no. 5, illustrated p. 85 (titled Bateaux Amarrés)
Bernhard Zurcher, Braque, vie et œuvre, Fribourg, 1988, illustrated in colour p. 3 & p. 11
Judi Freeman, The Fauve Landscape (exhibition catalogue), Los Angeles, 1990, illustrated p. 218

The canvas is lined. There are two triangles of retouching to the upper left and upper right corners; the one on the left is 3 by 3cm., the one on the right 2 by 4cm. There are scattered areas of retouching throughout the top half of the work, particularly clustered around the rigging and masts of the two boats. There are small scattered spots of retouching in the lower left quadrant, and a few spots of retouching to the stern of the left boat. All retouching is visible under UV light. Apart from two small paint losses to the bottom right corner, this work is in fair condition.
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