Armand Guillaumin (1841–1927), a genuine first-generation French Impressionist, was a founding member of the movement who exhibited at the Salon des Refusés of 1863 and was a lifelong friend of Cézanne and Pissarro.

This work is in the catalogue raisonné – with a color plate. It is listed as #220 in Serret & Fabiani, Armand Guillaumin 1841–1927, Catalogue raisonné de l’œuvre peint (Éditions Mayer, Paris, 1971), illustrated in both black-and-white and color (the gold standard of authentication).

The piece has solid provenance of The Dreesmann Collection (Loosdrecht, Netherlands) (a significant Dutch collector) and Galerie Michael Haas.

Literature: Armand Guillaumin l841-1927, Catalogue raisonné de l’oeuvre peint, by Georges Serret and Dominique Fabiani, Editions Mayer, Paris, 1971, # 220 with black and white illustration and color illustration.