Albert Marquet (1875-1947)
Pins au Pyla
signed 'marquet' (lower left)
oil on canvasboard
9 ½ x 12 ½ in. (24 x 31.8 cm.)
Painted in 1935
Provenance
Svensk-Franska Konstgalleriet [Gösta Olson], Stockholm, by whom acquired directly from the artist on 8 June 1937. Herman Lindquist, Gothenburg. Crane Kalman Gallery, London. Mrs Hazlerigg, London, by whom acquired from the above on 30 July 1958. Anonymous sale, Tajan, Paris, 10 June 1996, lot 40. Mr & Mrs Vernes, by whom acquired at the above sale and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
N. Leniachina, 'Albert Marquet', in Art, Leningrad, 1975, no. 573, p. 211 (titled 'Le bassin d'Arcachon').
Exhibited
London, Crane Kalman Gallery, A Selection of Paintings by Albert Marquet and Jean Puy, June - July 1958, no. 14, p. 11 (illustrated p. 12; titled 'Le bassin d'Arcachon').
This work will be included in the forthcoming Albert Marquet digital catalogue raisonné, currently being prepared under the sponsorship of the Wildenstein Plattner Institute, Inc.