Nature morte avec pastèque (Still Life with Watermelon)
Maker
(artist)
1863-1935
1863-1935
Title
Nature morte avec pastèque (Still Life with Watermelon)
Date of Production
1918
Medium
graphite, black ink, watercolour and bodycolour on wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 34.6 cm
Width: 39.1 cm
Width: 39.1 cm
Accession Number
D.1932.SC.152
Mode of Acquisition
Samuel Courtauld, gift, 1932
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Label Text
Line and colour compete for the viewer’s attention in this vibrant still life. The artist’s signature, in pencil in the lower left corner, is sober in comparison to the lustrous watercolours around it. Signac completed this work in Antibes, where he had lived since 1913. It is probably a preparatory study for an oil painting of the same title, now in a private collection. The inscription here helps us to date the painting, which had been assigned an earlier date before the link between the two works was recognised.
Provenance
Léon Marseille (Paris); purchased there by Percy Moore Turner of the Independent Gallery (London), 27 March 1924 (£9, or 650 f); purchased there by Samuel Courtauld, London (1876-1947), 3 December 1924 (£26 5s, along with D.1932.SC.141 and 144); Courtauld Gift 1932
Exhibition History
Drawings Gallery Display - Reading Drawings, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 21/01/2017-04/06/2017
Second Nature, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 14/06/2000-03/09/2000
The Courtauld Collection: Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 14/06/1998-21/09/1998 ...More
The Courtauld Collection, Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, 26/12/1997-12/05/1998
Royal Scottish Academy Galleries, Edinburgh, December 1979-March 1980
Watercolours, drawings and engravings from the Courtauld Collection (no catalogue), Nottingham University, 1969
Drawings and Engravings from the Courtauld Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, December 1959-April 1960
Impressionistes de la Collection Courtauld de Londres, Orangerie, Paris, 1955
France 1850-1950, Kettering Art Gallery, 1950 (June)
Samuel Courtauld memorial exhibition, Tate Gallery, London, 1948
long-term loan, City Art Gallery, Wakefield, 1946-1947
Exhibition of drawings by contemporary French artists, Independent Gallery, London, 1924
Modern French paintings and drawings, Independent Gallery, London, 1920 (May) ...Less
Second Nature, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 14/06/2000-03/09/2000
The Courtauld Collection: Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 14/06/1998-21/09/1998 ...More
The Courtauld Collection, Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, 26/12/1997-12/05/1998
Royal Scottish Academy Galleries, Edinburgh, December 1979-March 1980
Watercolours, drawings and engravings from the Courtauld Collection (no catalogue), Nottingham University, 1969
Drawings and Engravings from the Courtauld Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, December 1959-April 1960
Impressionistes de la Collection Courtauld de Londres, Orangerie, Paris, 1955
France 1850-1950, Kettering Art Gallery, 1950 (June)
Samuel Courtauld memorial exhibition, Tate Gallery, London, 1948
long-term loan, City Art Gallery, Wakefield, 1946-1947
Exhibition of drawings by contemporary French artists, Independent Gallery, London, 1924
Modern French paintings and drawings, Independent Gallery, London, 1920 (May) ...Less
Literature
Salmon, Dimitri, Percy Moore Turner, Précieux Conseiller de Samuel and Elizabeth Courtauld, Fondation Louis Vuitton 2019
pp. 33n151, 34n153, 35, 38, no. 14 on p. 69
ill. no. 14 on p. 69
Salmon, Dimitri, et al., Le Saint Joseph Charpentier de Georges de la Tour: un don au Louvre de Percy Moore Turner, Paris 2017
pp. 404 and 432n486
The Courtauld Collection: Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Art Gallery of Ontario, 1998
cat. no. 56
ill. p. 109 ...More
John House, Impressionism for England: Samuel Courtauld as Patron and Collector, Courtauld Institute Galleries 1994
no. 84
ill. p. 211
Impressionistes de la Collection Courtauld de Londres, Orangerie, Paris, 1955
cat. no. 90
Cooper, Douglas, The Courtauld Collection, London 1954
no. 152
Home House Trustees, A catalogue of the pictures and other works of art at Home House, 20 Portman Square, London, London 1935
p. 47, no. 69
Modern French paintings and drawings, Independent Gallery, London, May 1920
cat. no. 84 ...Less
pp. 33n151, 34n153, 35, 38, no. 14 on p. 69
ill. no. 14 on p. 69
Salmon, Dimitri, et al., Le Saint Joseph Charpentier de Georges de la Tour: un don au Louvre de Percy Moore Turner, Paris 2017
pp. 404 and 432n486
The Courtauld Collection: Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Art Gallery of Ontario, 1998
cat. no. 56
ill. p. 109 ...More
John House, Impressionism for England: Samuel Courtauld as Patron and Collector, Courtauld Institute Galleries 1994
no. 84
ill. p. 211
Impressionistes de la Collection Courtauld de Londres, Orangerie, Paris, 1955
cat. no. 90
Cooper, Douglas, The Courtauld Collection, London 1954
no. 152
Home House Trustees, A catalogue of the pictures and other works of art at Home House, 20 Portman Square, London, London 1935
p. 47, no. 69
Modern French paintings and drawings, Independent Gallery, London, May 1920
cat. no. 84 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left, graphite, signed and dated: "P. Signac 1918".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left, graphite, signed and dated: "P. Signac 1918".
Collector's mark: none.
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