EUGENE LAURENT VAIL (American, 1857-1934). Dordrecht. Oil on canvas. 12 x 16 inches (30.5 x 40.6 cm). Signed lower left:...

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EUGENE LAURENT VAIL (American, 1857-1934)
Dordrecht
Oil on canvas
12 x 16 inches (30.5 x 40.6 cm)
Signed lower left: Eugene Vail
Inscribed verso of stretcher by artist: Dordrecht
Canvas supplier's stamp verso: M. CHABON, Rue Jacob, 20.

THE JEAN AND GRAHAM DEVOE WILLIFORD CHARITABLE TRUST
Eugene Laurent (Lawrence) Vail was an American expatriate artist who made his home in Paris. Born in St. Servan, France, he traveled extensively throughout France and the Netherlands as well as to London and Venice in search of subject matter. Marines were one of Vail's specialties.


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