French, 1854-1932
Apres l'Averse (Le Boulevard du Palais)
Signed and dated Paris... Alf Smith 85 (lr)
Oil on canvas
59 7/8 x 72 1/4 inches (152.1 x 183.5 cm)

Provenance:
Gounouilhou Collection, Paris (by 1886)
Sale, Sotheby's, New York, Apr. 23, 2010, lot 84
Private collection, acquired at the above sale

Exhibited:
Paris, Salon, 1886, no. 2211

Literature:
Louis Ennault, Paris Salon 1886, Paris, 1886, p. 69-70, illus. p. 68
Judith Gautier, "Le Salon," Le Rappel, no. 5895, May 4, 1886
La Revue Normande et Parisienne, no. 5, May 1886, p. 138
René Tessier, "Le Salon," La Décade correspondance, ten day note and chronical, no. 16, June 1, 1886, p. 499
Gustave Geffroy, "Salon de 1886," La Justice, no. 2343, June 14, 1886, p. 2
Louis Ganderax, "Délégué au Salon," Les Lettres et les Arts: Revue Illustrée, vol. 1, no. 2, 1886, p. 350
A-J. Boyer D'Agen, "Le Salon et l'atelier en 1886," Revue Internationale, vol. XI, 1886, p. 229
Alfred Smith: Un regard sur la vie moderne, exh. cat., Muśee des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux, 2007, pp. 60, 102, 156

(Framed 73 1/2 x 85 1/2 inches)

Wax lined; scattered inpainting including: spots along the center and top stretcher bar marks; along the edges; there is a large area at the upper right corner; several inch areas at the upper left corner, far left center, bottom left corner and bottom right center; other scattered spots; not examined out of its frame.