Private Collection, France (acquired directly from the artist)
Thence by descent to the present owner

Liège, Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain; Carcassonne, Musée des Beaux-Arts; Limoux, Musée Petiet & Laren, Singer Museum, Henri Le Sidaner, 1862-1939, 1996-97, no. 44, illustrated in colour in the catalogue
Le Touquet, Musée du Touquet-Paris-Plage, Le Sidaner et ses amitiés artistiques, 2014

Yann Farinaux-Le Sidaner, Le Sidaner, L'œuvre peint et gravé, Milan, 1989, no. 1036, illustrated p. 340
Yann Farinaux-Le Sidaner, Henri Le Sidaner, Paysages intimes, Saint-Rémy-en-L'Eau, 2013, illustrated p. 222

The panel is sound and the surface is nicely textured. Examination under UV light reveals some strokes of fluorescence which are possibly inpainting in places throughout the sky. There is some shrinkage in the areas of thickest impasto, notably the white of the clouds. There is some minor old frame abrasion to the extreme edges. This work is in overall good condition.
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Painted in Gerberoy in 1913, the present work is a study for an important oil of the same title which was gifted by the artist to the Musée du Touquet Paris-Plage.