Paul Signac (1863-1935)

Venice - La Salute - orage

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Paul Signac (1863-1935)
Venice - La Salute - orage
dated and titled 'Venice 1908-La Salute-orage' (lower left margin), and inscribed 'Toile du 30 Oct. 08' (upper right margin)
watercolor, gouache, brush and India ink over pencil on paper
Image size: 5¾ x 7½ in. (14.6 x 18.4 cm.)
Sheet size: 8.1/8 x 10.1/8 in. (20.6 x 25.6 cm.)
Painted in Venice, 1908

Provenance

Roudinesco Collection.
Acquired from the estate of the above by the present owner.

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Lot Essay

The oil painting of the same title for which this watercolor sketch is a "record" was seized from the collection of the Barmen Museum, near Elberfeld, Germany in 1937 as a "degenerate" work of art. Its location is currently unknown.

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