Paul SIGNAC 1863-1935
Le pont Louis-Philippe, Paris (The Louis‑Philippe Bridge, Paris)
Ink wash on paper
21,5 x 27,5 cm – 8.46 x 10.82 in.
With frame:
44 x 50 cm – 17.32 x 19.68 in.
With frame:
44 x 50 cm – 17.32 x 19.68 in.
Stamp of the signature lower right. Titled lower left.
The Seine takes us on, the Pont Louis‑Philippe comes into view… and our dear Paul Signac captures the moment. The line is concentrated, the tonal range restrained: trees, the bridge,...
The Seine takes us on, the Pont Louis‑Philippe comes into view… and our dear Paul Signac captures the moment.
The line is concentrated, the tonal range restrained: trees, the bridge, the river, the city… everything answers one another in that expressive delicacy that turns Paris into a landscape in which the eye loses itself and keeps coming back.
After a life devoted to color, Signac here rediscovers the essence of drawing, offering us a sober and deeply poetic vision of his city.
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