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Port-en-Bessin, la falaise
Details
Paul Signac (1863-1935)
Port-en-Bessin, la falaise
signed 'P Signac' (lower right)
oil on canvas
18 1/8 x 10½ in. (46 x 26.6 cm.)
Painted in 1883
Port-en-Bessin, la falaise
signed 'P Signac' (lower right)
oil on canvas
18 1/8 x 10½ in. (46 x 26.6 cm.)
Painted in 1883
Provenance
The artist's studio.
Gaston Lévy, Paris, by 1931.
Anonymous sale, Palais Galliéra, Paris, 10 June 1971, lot 28.
M. Mirault, Clion, by 1979.
Private collection, Maison-Laffitte, from 1979 to 1984.
Leila Taghinia-Milani, Inc., New York.
Anonymous sale, Poulain Le Fur, Paris, 22 June 2000, lot 141.
Gaston Lévy, Paris, by 1931.
Anonymous sale, Palais Galliéra, Paris, 10 June 1971, lot 28.
M. Mirault, Clion, by 1979.
Private collection, Maison-Laffitte, from 1979 to 1984.
Leila Taghinia-Milani, Inc., New York.
Anonymous sale, Poulain Le Fur, Paris, 22 June 2000, lot 141.
Literature
Cahier d'opus, [The artist's handlist, produced 1887-1902], no. 38 (as 'Etudes de la deuxième année à Port-en-Bessin').
Cahier manuscrit [The artist's handlist, produced 1902-1909] (in 'études Port-en-Bessin').
G. Lévy [in collaboration with the artist], Pré-catalogue, produced circa 1929-1932, p. 35 (as 'Port-en-Bessin. Etude no. 8. La falaise').
F. Cachin, Signac, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, Paris, 2000, no. 42 (illustrated p. 154).
Cahier manuscrit [The artist's handlist, produced 1902-1909] (in 'études Port-en-Bessin').
G. Lévy [in collaboration with the artist], Pré-catalogue, produced circa 1929-1932, p. 35 (as 'Port-en-Bessin. Etude n
F. Cachin, Signac, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, Paris, 2000, no. 42 (illustrated p. 154).
Exhibited
Japan, Mitsukoshi Department Store, L'Eclatement de L'impressionnisme, July - September 1981, no. 31; this exhibition later travelled to Saint Germain-en-Laye, Musée du Prieure.
Special notice
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