Lot 355
  • 355

Albert Marquet

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Description

  • CALME PLAT
  • signed Marquet (lower right)
  • oil on panel
  • 33.5 by 41cm., 13 1/4 by 16 1/8 in.

Provenance

Dr Nicollo, Perpignan (acquired from the artist in 1936; sale: Palais Galliera, Paris, 3rd December 1969, lot 32)
Arthur Tooth & Sons, London
Galerie Nichido, Japan (acquired in 1970)
The Lefevre Gallery, London

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Druet, Albert Marquet, 1934, no. 41
Geneva, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Les Œuvres de Bonnard, Marquet, Roussel et Vuillard, 1934, no. 20
London, Arthur Tooth Galleries, Albert Marquet, 1935, no. 24
France, Train-exposition des artistes, 1936, no. 2

Literature

Jean-Claude Martinet & Guy Wildenstein, Marquet, L'Afrique du Nord, Catalogue de l'œuvre, 2001, Paris, no. I-155, illustrated p. 173

Condition

The panel is sound and there appear to be no signs of retouching under UV light. Apart from some pinhead-sized spots of dirt around the small sailing boat in the harbour and a slightly uneven varnish, this work is in very good condition.
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