Artist
Henri Charles Manguin(French, 1874–1949)French, 1874–1949
CultureFrench
Titles
- The Port of Saint-Tropez, July 14th
Date1905
PlaceSaint-tropez, France
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsCanvas: 24 × 19 3/4 in. (61 × 50.2 cm)
Credit LineJohn A. and Audrey Jones Beck Collection, gift of Audrey Jones Beck
Object number98.290
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
223 Beck Galleries
On view
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Department
European Art, Beck CollectionSpecial Collections
Object Type
[1] See Sainsaulieu, Marie-Caroline et al., “Henri Manguin, Catalogue raisonné de l’oeuvre peint,” (Neuchâtel: Ides et Calendes, 1980), no. 149, p. 86, illus., which provides the Vollard purchase date. This painting was one of the 152 artworks Vollard purchased from Manguin on 24 March 1906 for a total of 7000 [French francs]. [See Base Vollard. Fonds d’Archives de la Galerie Ambroise Vollard, Paris, Documentation du Musée d’Orsay (MS 421 (2,3) for Manguin) consulted by Robert McD. Parker, October 2024.].
[2] In letter dated May 19, 1983, Maurice Sternberg writes to Mrs. Audrey Jones Beck acquiring “eleven paintings from a private collection in Le Vesinet” and notes that her Manguin came from this same collection. To date, the former owners are unidentified. [MFAH object file, accessed by Robert McD. Parker, April 2024.]
[3] Label from the Galleries Maurice Sternberg, Chicago bears the work’s tombstone information plus the mention: “Certificate: Lucille Manguin-Martinais[,] Paris.” [MFAH object file, accessed by Robert McD. Parker, April 2024.]
[4] A copy of a paid invoice for the work dated 7 February 1977 from the Maurice Galleries Sternberg, Chicago, was addressed to Mrs. Audr[e]y Jones Beck, Houston. [MFAH object file, accessed by Robert McD. Parker, April 2024.]
Exhibition History"Exposition de peintures," Galerie Berthe Weill, Paris, 1905. (Exhibited as Saint-Tropez, fète nautique).
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Signed, lower left: Manguin
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