​ARTIST
Norbert Goeneutte (French, 1854-1894)
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TITLE
Le repas des ouvriers

MEDIUM
Oil on canvas
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DIMENSIONS
25½ x 30¾ in. (65 x 80 cm.)
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KNOWN PROVENANCE
Anonymous sale; Sotheby’s, London, 25-26 November 1964, lot 272.
Christie's acquired at the above sale by S. Scouller.
British & European Art Sale No. 20111, Christie's, London, 15 July 2021, lot 88.
MD Museum, acquired at the above sale.

ACCESSION NUMBER
2021.4

NOTES
Signed, inscribed and dated 'Norbert Goeneutte/BOUSCAT1889' (lower left).
Painted in 1889.
This painting is featured in the Metropolitan Frame Company website.

Norbert Goeneutte’s paintings of modern Parisian life were inspired by his connections to the young Impressionists, as he was close friends with many artists including: Edouard Manet, Edgar Degas and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. In this scene, Goeneutte provides the viewer with a glimpse of workers eating their meal after a long day. This was painted in 1889 in Le Bouscat, a suburb in the city of Bordeaux, known for its wine as depicted by the number of barrels and bottles in the painting.