Lot Essay
Jean-Yves Rolland will include this work in his forthcoming Henry Moret catalogue raisonné.
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L'Ile de Groix, Morbihan
Details
Henry Moret (1856-1913)
L'Ile de Groix, Morbihan
signed and dated 'Henry Moret 1903-' (lower left)
oil on canvas
25 7/8 x 32 1/4 in. (65.7 x 81.9 cm.)
Painted in 1903
L'Ile de Groix, Morbihan
signed and dated 'Henry Moret 1903-' (lower left)
oil on canvas
25 7/8 x 32 1/4 in. (65.7 x 81.9 cm.)
Painted in 1903
Provenance
Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris (no. 8696), by whom acquired from the artist on 12 June 1908.
Desmond Fitzgerald, Boston; his sale, American Art Association, New York, 21-22 April 1927, lot 180 (with incorrect dimensions, titled 'Groix, Bateau de Pêche' and dated '1902').
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, New York, 18 October 1985, lot 28.
Richard Green Gallery, London.
Acquired from the above in the late 1980s, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Desmond Fitzgerald, Boston; his sale, American Art Association, New York, 21-22 April 1927, lot 180 (with incorrect dimensions, titled 'Groix, Bateau de Pêche' and dated '1902').
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, New York, 18 October 1985, lot 28.
Richard Green Gallery, London.
Acquired from the above in the late 1980s, and thence by descent to the present owner.
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