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Entree de port, Portrieux: PD.9-1959

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Entree de port, Portrieux
Translated as: The entry to the port

Maker(s)

Painter: Signac, Paul

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Notes

History note: Georges Seurat; Hessel; Gaston Leiry; with the Lefèvre Gallery, London; the Very Rev. E. Milner-White

Legal notes

The Very Rev. E. Milner-White, Dean of York, C.B.E., D.S.O., D.D.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1959) by Milner-White, Eric

School or Style

French

Materials used in production

Oil paint

Components of the work

Support composed of panel (wood)
Frame Depth 5 cm Height 28.5 cm Width 37.6 cm
Panel Height 15.1 cm Width 25.1 cm

Techniques used in production

Painting (image-making) : Oil on panel

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: p. Signac (the P and S in a monogram)
  • Location: Lower left
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Lefevre Gallery, (inscribed) Entree de Port, Portrieux. Oil painting by Paul Signac. c. 1884 (Portrieux and c. 1884 have been added in ink)
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Printed label, with typed and inked inscription
  • Type: Label
  • Text: 271/51
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: MS label
  • Type: Label
  • Text: 274
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Printed label
  • Type: Label

Inscription present: partly covered by labels and thus illegible

  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Red chalk

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Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.9-1959
Primary reference Number: 2965

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 17 October 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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