Henri Moret - "Ramasseurs de goémon - Finistère"
auction 406, Lot 717
AUTUMNAUCTION ON 29 AND 30 MARCH
on 28 September 2022
Henri Moret
"Ramasseurs de goémon - Finistère"
Differenzbesteuerung
Henri Moret
1856 Cherbourg - 1913 Paris
"Ramasseurs de goémon - Finistère"
Signed and dated 1907 lower left. Oil on canvas. 61 x 81.5 cm. Minor damage to frame (84 x 103.5 cm).
Various inscriptions and adhesive labels on the stretcher, including a handwritten label of Durand-Ruels with the title of the painting and the number 8625. Label of the Gemälde-Galerie Abels, Cologne. The label of the art forwarder M. Rabouin, Paris, testifies the transport of the painting.
Provenance: from Durand-Ruel, Paris, acquired from the artist on 24 March 1908. - Collection of Monsieur and Madame dAlayer (1949). Marie-Louise dAlayer, née Durand-Ruel, was the granddaughter of Paul Durand-Ruel. - Auction Drouot, Bellier Dubourg, Paris, 20 October 1954, lot 54. - Gemälde-Galerie Abels, Cologne (1967). - Private collection, South Germany.
The history of the ownership of the painting until 1954 was confirmed by email from Flavie Durand-Ruel, Paris, 5 August 2022.
