ALBERT MARQUET | Rouen, Quai de Paris, temps gris

Galerie Druet, Paris (acquired directly from the artist on March 20, 1913)
Louis Bernard (acquired from the above)
Berheim-Jeune (acquired from the above on September 29, 1916)
Mancini (acquired from the above on November 11, 1919)
Galerie Rousso, Paris (sold in 1949)
Private collection
Sale: Paris, Galerie Charpentier, June 18, 1957, lot 191
Private Collection, France
Philippe Bemberg, Paris & Lausanne
Thence by descent to the present owner

Paris, Galerie E. Druet, Exposition de peintures d'Albert Marquet, 1913, no. 33, 34 or 35
Paris, Berheim-Jeune, Exposition Albert Marquet, 1925, probably no. 19
Pittsburg, Carnegie Institute, Twenty-Eighth Annual International Exhibition of Paintings, 1929, probably no. 174
Saint Louis, City Art Museum, Foreign Section of the 28th International Exhibition of Paintings from Carnegie Institute Pittsburg, 1930, probably no. 37 (travelling to Baltimore, Baltimore Museum of Art, International Exhibition of Paintings, probably no. 38)

The canvas is not lined and has been strengthened with a wax-like application. Examination under UV light reveals thin lines and spots of retouching, predominately along the extreme edges relating to frame rubbing, a few tiny spots of retouching towards the centre of the sky, some spots of retouching in the river towards the centre of the right edge and an additional spot of retouching in the roof of the left warehouse (approx. 14 cm from lower edge and 27 cm from left edge), related to repaired tear (approx. 6 cm long). There is a diagonal intermittent line of retouching (approx. 14 cm long) to the left part of the lower edge and a few further dots of retouching towards the centre of the left edge. There are lines of stabilised craquelure throughout the sky and additional thin lines of craquelure in places, notably to the left boat. This work is in overall good condition.
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This work will be included in the forthcoming Marquet Digital Catalogue Raisonné, being prepared under the sponsorship of the Wildenstein Plattner Institute, Inc.