Albert Marquet (1875-1947)
La promenade aux Sables d'Olonne
signed 'Marquet' (lower right)
oil on panel
12 7/8 x 16 ¼ in. (32.6 x 41.1 cm.)
Painted in 1933
Provenance
Estate of the artist. Marcelle Marquet, Paris (wife of the artist). E.J. van Wisselingh & Co., Amsterdam (acquired from the above, 1949). M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York (acquired from the above, April 1959). Acquired from the above by the family of the present owners, September 1961.
Literature
London, Crane Kalman Gallery, A Selection of Paintings by Albert Marquet and Jean Puy, June-July 1958, no. 8 (illustrated in color; titled La plage, Les Sables d'Olonne)
Exhibited
M. Sandoz, L'Oeuvre d'Albert Marquet à La Rochelle, La Chaume, Les Sables d'Olonne en 1920, 1921 et 1933, Ph.D. Diss., Institut national d'histoire de l'art, Paris, 1957, p. 44, no. 100 (titled La promenade aux Sables d'Olonne). N. Lenyashina, Albert Marquet, Leningrad, 1975, no. 545, pp. 146 and 209 (titled La plage, Les Sables d'Olonne).
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.