Lot 3220 - A209 Impressionist & Modern Art - Friday, 21. June 2024, 05.00 PM
ALBERT MARQUET
(Bordeaux 1875–1947 Paris)
Marseille, le Pont transbordeur. Circa 1916.
Oil on cloth lined board.
Signed lower left: marquet.
32.5 × 40.8 cm.
Certificate:
Provenance:
- Sale Maître Bellier, Paris, 4.6.1925, Lot 77.
- With Galerie Marines, Paris.
- With Galerie Paul Vallotton, Lausanne, No. 12156 (label verso).
- Private collection, Grandson, acquired from the above collection in 1981.
- Private collection, West Switzerland.
- Sale Galartis SA, Lausanne, 12.2.2017, Lot 167.
- With Galerie de la Présidence, Paris (label verso).
- Private collection, West Switzerland, acquired from the above gallery in April 2017 and thence by descent.
Marquet's long abode in Marseille was interrupted in 1916 by news from Paris that the art dealer Druet, who sold works for him, had died. Marquet must return to the metropolis twice to fulfill the remainder of his contract. In between, he works a good deal in Marseille.
He finds inspiration for his work in the hustle and bustle of the port of Marseille, which he can observe from his studio. Water and bridges: this combination always fascinates the artist. Other artists of his time typically omitted from their idealized depictions of the old port the Pont transbordeur, the transporter bridge that has connected the Quai du Port and the Quai de Rive Neuve since 1905, finding it a disturbing pile of iron. Here it is the focus. As early as 1912, Marquet had captured the Pont transbordeur of Rouen in several paintings.
He finds inspiration for his work in the hustle and bustle of the port of Marseille, which he can observe from his studio. Water and bridges: this combination always fascinates the artist. Other artists of his time typically omitted from their idealized depictions of the old port the Pont transbordeur, the transporter bridge that has connected the Quai du Port and the Quai de Rive Neuve since 1905, finding it a disturbing pile of iron. Here it is the focus. As early as 1912, Marquet had captured the Pont transbordeur of Rouen in several paintings.
CHF 40 000 / 70 000 | (€ 41 240 / 72 160)
Sold for CHF 47 500 (including buyer’s premium)
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