PAUL SIGNAC (1863-1935)
PAUL SIGNAC (1863-1935)
PAUL SIGNAC (1863-1935)
PAUL SIGNAC (1863-1935)
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PAUL SIGNAC (1863-1935)

La sortie du port (Trois mats)

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PAUL SIGNAC (1863-1935)
La sortie du port (Trois mats)
signed 'Paul Signac' (lower right; recto); dated '11 mai 1929' (center left; verso)
watercolor, black Conté crayon and pen and India ink on joined paper
10 ¾ x 17 1/8 in. (27.5 x 43.3 cm.)
Executed on 11 May 1929
Provenance
Dr. M. (gift from the artist, May 1929); sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 7 November 1969, lot 93.
Aquired at the above sale by the late owners.
Literature
J.A. Simon and L.D. Rosenfeld, A Century of Artists' Letters: Notes to Family, Friends, and DealersDelacroix to Léger, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2004, pp. 76-77 (illustrated in color, p. 77; illustrated in color again on the dust jacket).
Further Details
Marina Ferretti has confirmed the authenticity of this work.

Lot Essay

Mon cher Docteur,
J’arrive de Saint-Malo, où je suis allé passer une quinzaine pour assister à la partance de Terre Nuevas pour le Grand Banc.
Quelle leçon d’énergie voir souvent ces rudes gars. Et pour la peinture, quelle joie ! Ça vaut mieux que d’aller faire l’esthétique à la Rotonde. D’ailleurs, Stendahl, n’a-t-il pas écrit : "Il faut toujours revenir à cet axiom—la voisinage de la mer detruit la petitesse."
Je vous prie d’agréer, mon cher docteur, l’expression de mes sentiments les plus cordialement dévouées.
Paul Signac

My dear doctor,
I'm back from Saint-Malo, where I spent two weeks watching the departure of "Terre Nuevas" for the Grand Banks.
What a lesson in energy to watch those husky fellows so often! And as for painting, what joy! Far better than talking about it at the Rotonde. Actually, didn't Stendhal write: "One must always go back to that axion, 'Proximity to the sea destroys pettiness.'"
I assure you, my dear doctor, of my cordial and devoted feelings for you.
Paul Signac

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