Lot Essay
The present work is a study for the 1894-1895 work Au temps d'Harmonie (Cachin, no. 253), which hangs today in the Hôtel de ville de Montreuil.
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PAUL SIGNAC (1863-1935)
Étude pour 'Au temps d'Harmonie' (le joueur de boules penché)
Details
PAUL SIGNAC (1863-1935)
Étude pour 'Au temps d'Harmonie' (le joueur de boules penché)
signed with the initials 'P. S.' (lower right)
oil on panel
6 3⁄8 x 10 ¼ in. (16.3 x 26.1 cm.)
Painted in 1894
Étude pour 'Au temps d'Harmonie' (le joueur de boules penché)
signed with the initials 'P. S.' (lower right)
oil on panel
6 3⁄8 x 10 ¼ in. (16.3 x 26.1 cm.)
Painted in 1894
Provenance
The artist's estate.
Galerie Paul Vallotton, Lausanne.
Private collection; sale, Christie's, London, 3 July 1981, lot 316.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 6 April 2001, lot 368.
Private collection, Europe, by whom acquired at the above sale; Christie's, London, 7 February 2013, lot 478.
Acquired at the above sale, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Galerie Paul Vallotton, Lausanne.
Private collection; sale, Christie's, London, 3 July 1981, lot 316.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 6 April 2001, lot 368.
Private collection, Europe, by whom acquired at the above sale; Christie's, London, 7 February 2013, lot 478.
Acquired at the above sale, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
G. Lévy & P. Signac, Pré-catalogue, circa 1929-1932 (illustrated p. 565, titled 'Étude pour au temps d'Harmonie').
F. Cachin, Signac, Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint, Paris, 2000, no. 259, p. 217 (illustrated).
F. Cachin, Signac, Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint, Paris, 2000, no. 259, p. 217 (illustrated).
Exhibited
(Possibly) Paris, Museé du Louvre, Signac, December 1963 - February 1964, no. 51, pp. 57-58.
Lausanne, Fondation de l'Hermitage, Signac, riflessi sull'acqua, January - May 2016, no. 28, p. 180 (illustrated p. 70); this exhibition later travelled to Lugano, Museo d'arte della Svizzera italiana, September - January 2017.
Montreal, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Paris au temps du postimpressionnisme, Signac et les indépendants, March - September 2020, no. 3, p. 362 (illustrated p. 25).
Paris, Musée Jacquemart-André, Signac, les harmonies colorées, March - July 2021, no. 21 (illustrated pp. 12 & 94).
Lausanne, Fondation de l'Hermitage, Signac, riflessi sull'acqua, January - May 2016, no. 28, p. 180 (illustrated p. 70); this exhibition later travelled to Lugano, Museo d'arte della Svizzera italiana, September - January 2017.
Montreal, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Paris au temps du postimpressionnisme, Signac et les indépendants, March - September 2020, no. 3, p. 362 (illustrated p. 25).
Paris, Musée Jacquemart-André, Signac, les harmonies colorées, March - July 2021, no. 21 (illustrated pp. 12 & 94).
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