La Grue 'l'Union', Ile Saint-Louis (recto); Esquisse des péniches amarées sous un pont (verso)

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Paul Signac (1863-1935)
La Grue 'l'Union', Ile Saint-Louis (recto); Esquisse des péniches amarées sous un pont (verso)
signed, dated and inscribed 'Signac 84 A mon ami Paul Alexis, bien amicalement' (lower right)
oil on canvas
12¾ x 18 in. (32.4 x 45.7 cm.)
Painted in 1884

Provenance

Paul Alexis, Paris, by whom acquired from the Artist.
Collection Dorville, Paris.
Anon. sale, Hall du Savoy (Ierris et Courchet), Nice, 24 June 1942, lot 374 (illustrated in the catalogue, pl. LXVI).
R. Schweitzer, New York (1960).
Hammer Galleries, New York (1966).
Ludwig Neugass, New York.

Literature

Trublot (Paul Alexis), 'Les Impressionnistes', in Le cri du peuple, 2 May 1886, p. 3.
La Bruyère, Le cri du peuple, 27 May 1886, pp. 1-2.
G. Geffroy, 'Hors du Salon, Les Impressionnistes', in La justice, 28 May 1886, pp. 1-2.
M. Hermel, La France libre, 28 May 1886, pp. 1-2.
J. Christophe, 'Rue Laffitte, no 1', in Journal des artistes, 13 June 1886, pp. 193-194.
G. Besson, 'Les tendances actuelles de la peinture', in
Encyclopédie française, vol. XVII, December 1935, pp. 6-16.
J. Rewald, The History of Impressionism, New York, 1960 (illustrated in colour, p. 502).
Horizon, July 1962, vol. IV, p. 69 (illustrated).

Exhibited

Paris, 1 rue Laffitte, 8me Exposition des Artistes Independants, May-June 1886, no. 198.
Jerusalem, Hebrew University, April-May 1963.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

Madame Françoise Cachin will include this painting in her forthcoming Signac catalogue raisonné.

The present work was among the paintings Signac submitted to the eighth and final Impressionist exhibition in 1886.

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