Marie-Joséphine Guillaumin (the artist's wife)
Private collection, France (acquired from the above, and until at least 25^th June 1997)
Sale: Tajan, Paris, 24th June 1998, lot 19
Private Collection, France (purchased at the above sale; sale: Sotheby's, Paris, 13th December 2007, lot 84)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owners

The canvas is strip lined. There is a small area of retouching at the upper left corner and some lines of retouching along the edges of the upper left corner with a few further tiny spots. There are a few isolated and very fine lines of craquelure to some of the thicker pigments. The impasto is well preserved; this work is in overall good condition.
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