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PAUL SIGNAC H.Signed Aquatint pointillism 1924

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PAUL SIGNAC H.Signed Aquatint pointillism 1924
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PAUL SIGNAC 1863-1935
1863 - Paris - 1935 (French)

and

JACQUES VILLON 1875-1963
(Gaston Duchamp)
Damville 1875 - 1963 Paris (French)

Title: Le Port de la Rochelle, 1924

Technique: Hand Signed and Numbered Aquatint in colours on Arches vellum paper

Paper Size: 56.7 x 74.5 cm / 22.3 x 29.3 in

Image Size: 46 x 60 cm / 18.1 x 23.6 in

Additional Information: This work is hand signed in pencil by Paul Signac at the lower right margin.
It is furthermore hand numbered in pencil "78/200" at the lower left margin.
The work is also signed in the plate and dated by Jacques Villon: "grave par Jacques Villon 1925" at the lower left margin.
After the First World War Jacques Villon engraved a series of Aquatints after paintings of the Modern masters, such as Matisse, Picasso, Braque, Derain, Laurencin, Signac, Renoir, Cezanne, Vlaminck, Bonnard, Manet, Dufy, Modigiliani, Van Gogh, and others.
This praticular work was etched and aquatinted on the plate by Jacques Villon after the specially prepared maquette by Signac and with Signac's collaboration and supervision.
The work was published by Galerie Bernheim Jeune, Paris in 1925.

Literature: de Ginestet, Colette & Pouillon, Catherine, 1979. Jacques Villon-Les Estampes,Les Illustrations-Catalogue Raisonne, Paris, Arts et Metiers Graphiques.
Reference: Ginestet et Pouillon no. E 644.

Condition: Good condition. Very light discoloration of the paper from former matting. A few minor stains on the reverse.