Paul Signac (1863-1935)
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Paul Signac (1863-1935)

Port-en-Bessin, la falaise

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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
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.
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).
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.
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