Eugène LE POITTEVIN (Paris, 1806 - Paris, 1870)
The Hauling of a Canoe, souvenir of the beach of Étretat, English Channel, 1856
Original canvas from Binant in Paris
Signed and dated lower right: "Eug. Le Poittevin / 1856".
Monogrammed on the right side of the canoe : " ELP ".
Titled on the reverse on the upper bar of the frame: "The hauling of a canoe, memory of the beach of Etretat - Coast of the English Channel
An old label in the upper left corner with the Salon catalog number "1725
70.1 x 116.4 cm
Provenance:
Alexis Azevedo (1813-1875), music critic, flutist and friend of the artist.
Exhibition:
Paris, Salon of 1857, no. 1725 ("Le Halage d'un canot, souvenir de la plage d'Étretat - Côte de la Manche," corresponding entry number 5397 inscribed in black chalk on the reverse of the original frame).
Bibliography:
V. Lenoir, " Au bord de la mer ", Le Journal illustré, Paris, 1864, n° 26, pp. 201-202, reproduced.
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