ID 1064388
Lot 46 | PAUL SIGNAC (1863-1935)
Estimate value
$ 15 000 000 – 25 000 000
Portrieux, Tertre Denis (Opus no. 189)
signed and dated 'P. Signac 88' (lower left) and inscribed 'Op. 189' (lower right)
oil on canvas
25 ½ x 32 1⁄8 in. (64.8 x 81.5 cm.)
Painted in June-September 1888
Provenance
Charles Henry, Paris (gift from the artist).
Lannes collection, Paris.
Wildenstein & Co. Inc., New York (acquired from the above, 1961).
Acquired from the above by the Phillips family, 17 April 1964.
Literature
S.P. [P. Signac], "Catalogue de l’exposition des XX" in Art et Critique, 1 February 1890, p. 77.
E. Demolder, "Le salon des XX à Bruxelles" in L’Artiste, vol. 60, no. 1, February 1890, pp. 100-101.
J. Krexpel, "Le salon des XX" in La Revue Blanche, no. 1, February 1890, p. 11.
The Artist's Handlist (Cahier d'Opus), circa 1887-1902, no. 189.
The Artist's Handlist (Cahier Manuscrit), circa 1902-1909.
G. Lévy and P. Signac, Pré-catalogue, circa 1929-1932, p. 186.
P. Cabanne, "Au Louvre: Apôtre du divisionnisme, le vrai Signac s’épanouit dans ses aquarelles" in Les Arts, 18-24 December 1963, p. 12.
J.-J. Lerrant, "Paul Signac à qui le Louvre consacre une rétrospective est un grand peintre français" in Le Progrès, 12 January 1964, p. 13.
J. Sutter, ed., The Neo-Impressionists, London, 1970, p. 51 (illustrated in color; titled Roadstead at Portrieux).
F. Cachin, Paul Signac, Milan, 1971, p. 32 (illustrated, fig. 23).
J. Rewald, Post-Impressionism: From Van Gogh to Gauguin, New York, 1978, p. 126 (illustrated; titled The Anchorage of Portrieux).
J. Clay, "Hachette Réalités" in L’Impressionnisme, 1981, p. 290 (illustrated).
H. Wotte, Paul Signac, Dresden, 1987, p. 32 (illustrated in color, pl. 12; titled Ankerplatz von Portrieux).
F. Cachin, Signac: Catalogue raisonné de l’œuvre peint, Paris, 2000, p. 189, no. 171 (illustrated).
M. Feretti-Bocquillon, A. Distel, J. Leighton and S.A. Stein, Signac, New York, 2001, pp. 135-136, no. 30 (illustrated in color, p. 135).
Exhibited
Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Septième exposition des XX, February 1890, no. 6 (titled La Mer, Portrieux [Côtes-du-Nord]).
Paris, Musée du Louvre, Signac, December 1963-February 1964, pp. 28-29, no. 24 (illustrated, p. 28; titled La rade de Portrieux).
The Art Institute of Chicago, 1981-1984 (on extended loan).
Los Angeles County Museum of Art; The Art Institute of Chicago and Paris, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, L’Impressionnisme et le paysage français, June 1984-April 1985, p. 320, no. 125 (illustrated in color, p. 321; titled La rade de Portrieux).
Paris, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais; Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum and New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Signac, February-December 2001, pp. 175-176, no. 30 (illustrated in color [inverted], p. 176).
Further Details
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| Artist: | Paul Signac (1863 - 1935) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Post-Impressionism |
| Genre: | Marine art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Paul Signac (1863 - 1935) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Post-Impressionism |
| Genre: | Marine art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
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