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THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTOR
PAUL SIGNAC (1863-1935)
La Baie (Saint-Tropez)
Details
PAUL SIGNAC (1863-1935)
La Baie (Saint-Tropez)
dated and inscribed 'Toile de 30 Oct. 07' (upper right); inscribed again 'St. Tropez La Baie' (along the lower edge)
watercolour, brush and ink and pencil on paper
8 ¼ x 10 1⁄8 in. (20.8 x 25.8 cm.)
Executed in 1907
La Baie (Saint-Tropez)
dated and inscribed 'Toile de 30 Oct. 07' (upper right); inscribed again 'St. Tropez La Baie' (along the lower edge)
watercolour, brush and ink and pencil on paper
8 ¼ x 10 1⁄8 in. (20.8 x 25.8 cm.)
Executed in 1907
Provenance
Private collection, Paris; sale, Palais Galliéra, Paris, 19 June 1963, lot 77.
Madame U., Paris, by whom acquired at the above sale, and thence by descent; sale, Christie's, Paris, 23 May 2012, lot 4.
Acquired at the above sale, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Madame U., Paris, by whom acquired at the above sale, and thence by descent; sale, Christie's, Paris, 23 May 2012, lot 4.
Acquired at the above sale, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Exhibited
Giverny, Musée des Impressionnismes, Signac, les couleurs de l’eau, March - July 2013, no. 39, pp. 101 & 230 (illustrated; dated 'circa 1908'); this exhibition later travelled to Montpellier, Musée Fabre, July - October 2013.
Lausanne, Fondation de l’Hermitage, Signac. Une vie au fil de l’eau, January - May 2016, no. 64, pp. 28, 102 & 182 (illustrated p. 102); this exhibition later travelled to Lugano, Museo d’arte della Svizzera italiana, September 2016 - January 2017.
Montreal, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Signac et les Indépendants: Paris au Temps du Postimpressionnisme, March - September 2020, no. 68, p. 78 (illustrated; titled 'Saint-Tropez. La Baie' and dated 'circa 1908').
Lausanne, Fondation de l’Hermitage, Signac. Une vie au fil de l’eau, January - May 2016, no. 64, pp. 28, 102 & 182 (illustrated p. 102); this exhibition later travelled to Lugano, Museo d’arte della Svizzera italiana, September 2016 - January 2017.
Montreal, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Signac et les Indépendants: Paris au Temps du Postimpressionnisme, March - September 2020, no. 68, p. 78 (illustrated; titled 'Saint-Tropez. La Baie' and dated 'circa 1908').
Further details
Marina Ferretti has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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