Artist
Paul Signac (French, 1863–1935)French, 1863–1935
CultureFrench
Titles
- The Bonaventure Pine in Saint-Tropez, opus 239
Date1893
PlaceFrance
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions25 7/8 × 31 7/8 in. (65.7 × 81 cm)
Credit LineJohn A. and Audrey Jones Beck Collection, gift of Audrey Jones Beck
Object number74.142
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
224 Beck Galleries
On view
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Department
European Art, Beck CollectionSpecial Collections
Object Type
[1] Belgian neo-impressionist painter (1862-1926) and co-founder of the Belgian avant-garde artistic circle “Les XX.”
[2] The work is noted as having been in the collection of “M. V. R.” [or Monsieur Van Rysselberghe] when loaned to the “Onzième exposition des Artistes Indépendants, April 9-May 26, 1895, cat. no. 1403 as “Le Gros Pin.”
[3] The work was lent to the 1963-1964 Louvre exhibition as cited; it was cat. no. 47 as “Le Pin sur la route de Saint-Tropez,” and “Docteur Jacques Caroli, Paris” was noted as the owner. The date of Caroli’s acquisition of the work is currently unknown.
Exhibition History"Groupe des peintres néo-impressionistes," 20 rue Lafitte, Paris, December 1893–January 1894.
"Première exposition de la Libre Esthétique," Brussels, 1894.
"Onzième exposition des Artistes Indépendants," Paris, 1895.
"Signac," Musée du Louvre, Paris, 1963–64.
"U. S. Loan Exhibition," National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1971–73.
"The Collection of John A. and Audrey Jones Beck," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1974.
"Collecting: A Texas Phenomenon," Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, November 21–December 24, 1986.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Signed and dated lower right: P. Signac 93
Recto: Inscribed lower left: Op 239
Recto: Inscribed lower left: Op 239
Recto: Signed lower right: P. Signac
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