PAUL SIGNAC (1863-1935)
PAUL SIGNAC (1863-1935)
PAUL SIGNAC (1863-1935)
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PAUL SIGNAC (1863-1935)

L'échafaudage du Sacré-Coeur

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PAUL SIGNAC (1863-1935)
L'échafaudage du Sacré-Coeur
signed, dated, dedicated and inscribed 'A mon ami Caen P. Signac Montmartre 82' (lower right)
oil on panel
20 1/4 x 13 in. (51.4 x 33 cm.)
Painted in winter 1882-1883
Provenance
M. Caen, Paris (gift from the artist).
J.K. Greslingaas, Oslo (circa 1948); sale, Sotheby's & Co., London, 31 March 1965, lot 108.
M. Wastefon, Oslo.
Private collection, Oslo (by 1984); sale, Christie's, London, 24 March 1992, lot 13.
Anon. sale, Bruun Rasmussen, Copenhagen, 17 May 1994, lot 104.
Private collection, Denmark (acquired at the above sale).
Acquired by the present owner, 2008.
Literature
The Artist's Handlist (Cahier manuscrit), 1902-1909 (titled St. Briac. Cour à la ville Hue).
Van Gogh's Life in his Drawings: Van Gogh's Relationship with Signac, exh. cat., Marlborough Fine Art, Ltd., London, 1962, p. 94.
F. Cachin, Paul Signac, New York, 1971, p. 10 (illustrated, p. 11, pl. 2; with incorrect provenance).
S. Monneret, L'impressionnisme et son époque: Dictionnaire international illustré, Paris, 1979, vol. II, p. 254.
F. Cachin, Signac: Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint, Paris, 2000, p. 151, no. 27 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Paris, Musée du Louvre, Signac, December 1963-February 1964, p. 2, no. 2 (illustrated, p. 3).

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