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RADIANT MODERNISM: SIGNAC TO ALBERS - THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
PAUL SIGNAC (1863-1935)
La Nouvelle
Details
PAUL SIGNAC (1863-1935)
La Nouvelle
signed, dated and inscribed ‘P. Signac La Nouvelle 4 Avril 29’ (lower right)
gouache, watercolour and Conté crayon on paper
10 ¾ x 17 1⁄8 in. (27.4 x 43.5 cm.)
Executed on 4 April 1929
La Nouvelle
signed, dated and inscribed ‘P. Signac La Nouvelle 4 Avril 29’ (lower right)
gouache, watercolour and Conté crayon on paper
10 ¾ x 17 1⁄8 in. (27.4 x 43.5 cm.)
Executed on 4 April 1929
Provenance
Gaston Lévy, Paris, by whom acquired directly from the artist.
André Lévy-Despas, Paris, by whom acquired from the above by November 1932.
Zeïneb Marcie-Rivière (formerly Zeïneb Lévy-Despas), Paris, by descent from the above.
Katia Pissarro, Paris & Christian Neffe, London, by whom acquired from the above by 1995.
Gallery Hopkins-Thomas, Paris.
Private collection, Europe; sale, Christie’s, New York, 7 November 2007, lot 185 (incorrectly illustrated at lot 186).
Acquired at the above sale, and thence by descent to the present owner.
André Lévy-Despas, Paris, by whom acquired from the above by November 1932.
Zeïneb Marcie-Rivière (formerly Zeïneb Lévy-Despas), Paris, by descent from the above.
Katia Pissarro, Paris & Christian Neffe, London, by whom acquired from the above by 1995.
Gallery Hopkins-Thomas, Paris.
Private collection, Europe; sale, Christie’s, New York, 7 November 2007, lot 185 (incorrectly illustrated at lot 186).
Acquired at the above sale, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Exhibited
Le Havre, Musée Malraux, Signac, Les Ports de France, October 2010 - January 2011, no. 3, pp. 45 & 214 (illustrated p. 45); this exhibition later travelled to Roubaix, Musée La Piscine, February - May 2011.
Lausanne, Fondation de l’Hermitage, Signac, Une vue au fil de l’eau, January – May 2016, no. 116, p. 144 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Lugano, Museo d’Arte della Svizzera italiana, September 2016 – January 2017.
Lausanne, Fondation de l’Hermitage, Signac, Une vue au fil de l’eau, January – May 2016, no. 116, p. 144 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Lugano, Museo d’Arte della Svizzera italiana, September 2016 – January 2017.
Further Details
Marina Ferretti has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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