Pont Neuf, Paris

Details

Duncan Grant (1885-1978)
Pont Neuf, Paris
signed, inscribed and dated 'D Grant./47 Paris' (lower left)
oil on board
15 x 22 ½ in. (38.2 x 57.2 cm.)

Provenance

Private collection, Jersey, from whom acquired by the present owner.

Exhibited

Bristol, Royal West of England Academy, British Painters in France, May - June 1953, no. 61.

Special notice

Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

Sale room notice

Please note that the medium for this lot should read oil on card laid on board and not as printed in the catalogue.

Lot Essay

The present work depicts the historical Pont Neuf Bridge on the left bank looking towards the Ile de la Cité, which Grant saw on his visit to Paris in 1947 with Vanessa Bell and Edward le Bas.

We are very grateful to Richard Shone for his assistance in preparing this catalogue entry.

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