1957.184: La Rochelle

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1957.184

People

Paul Signac, French (Paris, France 1863 - 1935 Paris, France)

Title

La Rochelle

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1922?

Culture

French

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/297528

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Watercolor and conté crayon on off-white laid paper

Dimensions

27.5 x 43.1 cm (10 13/16 x 16 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Bernheim Jeune, Paris]. James N. Naumberg, New York, New York, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1957.

NOTE: Provenance from a letter from Sigmund Rothschild dated 23 October 1957, in the curatorial file.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of James Naumburg Rosenberg, in memory of Aaron and Nettie Goldsmith Naumburg, on the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Opening of the Naumburg Wing of the Fogg Art Museum, November 8, 1957

Accession Year

1957

Object Number

1957.184

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• James N. Carpenter, Color in Art: A Tribute to Arthur Pope, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1974), p. 68, cat. 30, ill.
• Carrie Haslett and Michael Marlais, Neo-Impressionism: Artists on the Edge, exh. cat., Portland Museum of Art (Portland, ME, 2002), p. 86, fig. 26 (color)

Exhibition History

• Color in Art: A Tribute to Arthur Pope, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/25/1974 - 06/16/1974
• Neo-Impressionism: Artists on the Edge, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, 06/27/2002 - 10/20/2002

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