Saint Tropez

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Maker


1863-1935

Title

Saint Tropez

Date of Production

(circa) 1893

Medium

oil and graphite on panel

Dimensions

Height: 18.8 cm (panel)
Width: 27.1 cm (panel)

Object Number

P.1948.SC.408

Mode of Acquisition

Samuel Courtauld, bequest, 1948

Credit

Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords

Label Text

Signac moved to St-Tropez in 1892. He was the first Parisian artist to settle in this remote Mediterranean fishing village. He sought ‘sky, sea, the setting sun’ and a good anchorage for his boat, Olympia.
This is Signac’s preparatory study for a larger painting of the port at St-Tropez. The bold colours and technique of sketches like this had a significant impact on artists of the next generation, including Henri Matisse and André Derain.

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : signed : bottom left & recto : : P. Signac

Inscription: inscription : signed : on verso : : P.S. St Tropez

Provenance

Alfred Gold, Berlin; purchased by Samuel Courtuald, June 1928; Courtauld Bequest, 1948

Exhibition History

Masterpieces of Impressionism from The Courtauld Gallery, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan, 10/09/2019-15/12/2019; Aichi Prefectural Museum, Nagoya, Japan, 03/01/2020-15/03/2020; Kobe City Museum, Kobe, Japan, 28/03/2020-21/06/2020
The Courtauld Collection: Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 14/06/1998-21/09/1998
The Courtauld Collection, Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, 26/12/1997-12/05/1998

Literature

The Courtauld Collection: Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Art Gallery of Ontario, 1998

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