Description:This glistening and colorful waterfront along the French Riviera is a scene that only Paul Signac can best capture. Known for his stunning renditions of landscapes and seascapes, Signac had spent sometime throughout southern France and especially, Marseille. His manner and style of watercolour technique has an uncanny ability to recreate the sparkling Mediterranean sun against the many sailboats throughout the port. This is a beautiful work using a combination of subtle pastel colors including sky blues, teals, greens, oranges, and even violets and fuschias.
Created in 1904, this unique original drawing and watercolour is hand signed and dated by Paul Signac (1863 – 1935) in pencil in the lower left, ‘P. Signac | Marseille 04’ with the annotation, ‘à la buvette D’ in pencil in the lower right.
PROVENANCE:
~ Otto Blumenfeld, Sussex
~ Mrs. Otto Blumenfeld, Sussex (by descent from the above)
Catalogue Raisonné & COA:
It is fully documented and referenced in the below catalogue raisonnés and texts (copies will be enclosed as added documentation with the invoices that will accompany the final sale of the work).
1) A Masterworks Fine Art, Inc. Certificate of Authenticity will accompany this work.
About the Framing:
Framed in a robust, Baroque-inspired gold moulding with a bronze finish, the wide-set and organic carving of the framing detail serves to complement Signac’s composition and grandeur of the piece. Completed with white, linen-wrapped mats and a matching gold inner fillet, Port de Marseille is set behind an archival Plexiglas® cover.
