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383 - Maxime MAUFRA (1861–1918) Boats Returning to Port, Le Croisi…
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Maxime MAUFRA (1861–1918) Boats Returning to Port, Le Croisic, c. 1897 Oil on canvas, signed lower right 61 x 74 cm (restored) Provenance: - Cardozo de Bethancourt Collection, France - From 1986 to 1990: public auctions at Sotheby’s and Christie’s in London and New York, Lille and Versailles - Private collection, France Bibliography: Léo Kerlo and Jacqueline Duroc, *Peintres des côtes de Bretagne*, Le Chasse-Marée, Douarnenez, 2007, reproduced on pp. 132–133, cited on p. 159 Note: Title handwritten by the artist on the reverse and the name ‘Monsieur C. de Bethancourt’ inscribed on the stretcher bar. Monsieur Cardozo de Bethancourt was a friend of Maxime Maufra, editor of the newspaper *Le Moniteur Maritime* and one of his colleagues at the U.R.B. (Breton Regionalist Union). This work is included in the *Critical Catalogue of Maxime Maufra* by Caroline Durand-Ruel Godfroy, under no. 145.
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About the sale MODERN PAINTINGS & BRETON SCHOOLS (Part Two)
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Auction time 07/18/2026 at 2:00 PM
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