Paul Signac (1863-1935)
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Paul Signac (1863-1935)

Port en bessin

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Paul Signac (1863-1935)
Port en bessin
signed and dated 'P. Signac 83' (lower right)
oil on canvas
18 x 24½ in. (46 x 64.5 cm.)
Painted in 1883
Provenance
Götz-Sabatery, Paris.
Hoogendijk Collection, Amsterdam.
Marlborough Fine Art, London.
Galerie Motte, Geneva.
Wally Findlay Galleries, Chicago.
Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 3 July 1973, lot 51 (£29,000).
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Exhibited
London, Marlborough Fine Art, French Landscapes, Oct.-Dec. 1961, no. 40 (illustrated in the catalogue).
London, Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., Van Gogh's Relationship with Signac, May-June 1962, no. 74.
Rome, Marlborough Gallerie d'Arte, 19th & 20th Century Masters, 1963.
Paris, Musée du Louvre, Signac, Dec. 1963- Feb. 1964, no. 5 (illustrated in the catalogue).
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Sale room notice
Please note that the correct title for this work is Port-en-Bessin, la plage.

Lot Essay

Francoise Cachin will include this work in her forthcoming catalogue raisonné of Signac's work.

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