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He imagines a piece of a beach in Normandy-after drawings of illustrated journals—[. . .]
He imagines the ocean [. . .] . He sees the “maman,” it is his wife—seated on seashells by the water.
– PAUL BOURGET, “PROFESSEUR LIBRE,” i n LES TYPES DE PARIS
13 Ferdinand Heilbuth
F R E N C H , 1 8 2 8 — 1 8 8 9
WOMAN READING AT THE SEASHORE
signed F. Heilbuth
(FH in ligature, lower right)
watercolor and gouache on paper
14 ¹/₂ by 20 ¹/₂ in. (36.80 by 52 cm.)
PR O V E N A NC E
W. A. Van der Grient, Brussels
Sale: Sotheby’s London, June 23, 1988, lot 747
Sale: Sotheby’s New York, January 31, 2014, lot 611
Private Collection, Connecticut
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