Lot 84
  • 84

Paul Signac

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 EUR
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Description

  • Paul Signac
  • Barfleur, la jetée par gros temps
  • monogrammé PS (partiellement effacé en bas à gauche), situé Barfleur et daté 24 août 31 (en bas à droite)
  • aquarelle sur papier
  • 17 x 44,1 cm ; 6 5/8 x17 3/8 in.

Provenance

Atelier de l’artiste
Charles Cachin, Paris
Olivier Ferrer, Paris
Collection particulière, Londres

Condition

Executed on wove paper, glued to the mount along the extreme edges. The edges are slightly irregularly cut. There is a very small paper loss to the lower left corner (not visible when framed) and a minor 2mm tear to the centre of the right edge. There is a small repaired nick to the sky in the centre of the upper part of the composition and a few further minor nicks towards the centre of the lower edge. Apart from a few tiny specks of foxing, this work is in good condition.
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Catalogue Note

signed with the artist's monogram 'PS' (lower left), situated 'Barfleur' and dated '24 août 31' (lower left); watercolour and pencil on paper. Executed August 24th, 1931.