c. 1882-1883
24 × 31 cm (9 7/16 × 12 3/16 in.) framed: 46 × 53.7 × 4.4 cm (18 1/8 × 21 1/8 × 1 3/4 in.)
Paul Signac (1863-1935), Paris, by 1926; [1] to Berthe Paul Signac (née Roblès), Paris. [Valentin Gallery, New York]. [Parke-Bernet, New York, March 30, 1949, lot 26]. Therese Kuhn Straus, New York, 1951, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1978 Notes [1] Listed as Collection P.S. in 1926 Bernheim-Jeune exhibition.
Black ink, watercolor, and black crayon on off-white wove paper, framing line in graphite
19th centuryFrenchBlack chalk heightened with white chalk and white gouache on blue wove paper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite with pale gray wash on white paper
19th-20th centuryFrenchGraphite, brown and black ink and wash on cream paper adhered to white card
19th centuryFrenchBlack chalk and graphite on cream wove paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on off-white wove paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchGraphite, with opaque white heightening, on off-white paper
19th centuryFrenchRed and white chalk on coarse-textured cream wove paper
19th-20th centuryFrenchBrown wash over black chalk and graphite on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink, laid down on tan antique laid paper with blue antique laid paper borders adhered to face
18th-19th centuryFrenchGraphite on white wove paper
19th centuryFrench