Private Collection, France
Acquired from the above

Pont-Aven, Musée de Pont-Aven, Ferdinand du Puigaudeau, 1998, no. 31
Morlaix, Musée des Jacobins, Ferdinand du Puigaudeau, 1998-99, no. 31
New York, Hammer Galleries, Ferdinand du Puigaudeau 1864-1930, 2002, no. 9, illustrated in color in the catalogue

Antoine Laurentin, Ferdinand du Puigaudeau (1864-1930), vol. I, Paris, 1989, no. 60, illustrated p. 278

This work is in very good condition. The canvas is unlined and the edges are reinforced with tape. The colors are bright and fresh and the surface retains a lively impasto. There are faint vertical lines of craquelure scattered in places, primarily in the sky. Under UV light: several small pindots of retouching are visible at the top edge near center left. Two dots and small line in the sky near center right edge. A small area of small dots and lines about 2 inches high extending vertically up from bottom edge towards lower left corner. Three pindots in the water, several inches above previously mentioned area, and a further group of 3 pindots in between the 2 central aforementioned areas. There are 1 or 2 other scattered pindots of retouching closer to the edges. Otherwise, fine.
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