Edouard-Léon Cortès

Purchased by the present owner's father in New York City circa 1945.

Edouard Cortès, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, Volume 1, page 186, illustrated page 186.

The canvas is lined. Surface is in good condition. Some apparent craquelure throughout the sky. Also faint pressed craquelure and remnants of old varnish in the sky. Under UV; lightly scattered repaint in the sky and carriage at left. Some old varnish floureses.
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Edouard Cortes has chosen the intersection of the Place de la République with its broad boulevard divided by a line of trees and Rue du Temple that enters from the right to present a vista in front of the grand magasin Au Pauvre Jacques that beckons the crowded streets with its gaily lit interiors.  The famous statue of the French Republic is just outside the boundary of the picture to the left. Beyond the right edge is the entrance to Rue Béranger.