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.
Charcoal and white gouache on tan wove paper, darkened.
19th centuryFrenchBlack chalk and white gouache on blue laid paper
19th centuryFrenchPen and black ink, with brush and gray and brown wash, over traces of black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream wove paper, framing lines in black ink and graphite
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack crayon, squared in black crayon, on off-white antique laid paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack chalk with touches of red chalk, squared in black chalk, on dark cream wove paper, laid down
19th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on blue antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid card, framing lines in black ink
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack and red chalk with touches of white chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in black chalk
18th-19th centuryFrenchGray ink and brown wash over graphite on cream modern paper, laid down to faded blue antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchGraphite and black crayon on off-white modern laid paper
19th centuryFrenchWatercolor on cream antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack ink on tracing paper with a laid paper framing mount
19th centuryFrenchBlack ink, brown wash, over traces of black chalk, on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown and black ink and yellow wash, adhered to blue wove paper
18th-19th centuryFrench