Artwork Details
Artist
Creation Date
Materials
Object Types
Dimensions
16-3/8 x 19-7/8 in. (canvas) 24 x 27-7/16 x 1-3/4 in. (framed, glazed)
Accession Number
Credit Line
The Holliday Collection
Copyright
Collection
European Painting and Sculpture 1800-1945
Color Palette
Provenance
Richard Samson, Hamburg, Germany; {1} Alfred Aufhauser, Samson's nephew, New York in 1930s. Sale (Christie's, London, England) 30 November 1962, lot. No. 34, unsold, Martin Fabiani, Paris, France. (Edward Speelman, Ltd., London, England), Sale (Sotheby's, London, England) 31 March 1965, lot no. 42 (illustration); {2} acquired by W. J. Holliday, Indianapolis, Indiana; bequeathed to the Indianapolis Museum of Art in 1979. {1} For the early provenance of this painting see Françoise Cachin, Signac: Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, Paris, 2000, no. 330 (illustration). {2} The remaining provenance is recorded in Ellen Wardwell Lee, The Aura of Neo-Impressionism: The W. J. Holliday Collection, Indianapolis Museum of Art, 1983, pp. 58-9.
Gallery Labels
- Animating this harbor scene is the glowing arc of a rainbow. Painted in 1899, years after the heyday of the Neo-Impressionist movement, the seascape shows the artist relying upon deep and vibrant hues that no longer follow Seurat’s use of color division.
- Signac’s brushwork has also changed from the fine dots of the 1880s to a broader, looser stroke, applied in different directions across the surface of the canvas.
- Signac was an avid sailor and painted many of the ports along the coasts of France. This view depicts Honfleur, a small town in Normandy, near the English Channel.
Exhibition History
Exhibition Name
Venue
Dates
Neo-Impressionism, from Light to Color
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
January 24, 2015 - March 29, 2015
Neo-Impressionism, from Light to Color
Abeno Harukas Art Museum
October 10, 2014 - January 12, 2015
Pointillismus: Auf der Spuren von Georges Seurat: Le Pointillisme
Foundation D. L'hermitage
January 23, 1998 - May 31, 1998
Pointillismus: Auf der Spuren von George Seurat; Le Pointilissme
Wallraf-Richartz Museum & Fondation Corboud
September 5, 1997 - November 30, 1997
The Aura of Neo-Impressionism: The W.J. Holliday Collection
David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago
January 14, 1988 - March 6, 1988
Exhibition
The Van Gogh Museum
1988 - 1988
The Aura of Neo-Impressionism: The W.J. Holliday Collection
Dixon Gallery and Gardens
September 15, 1987 - November 8, 1987
The Aura of Neo-Impressionism: The W.J. Holliday Collection
Chrysler Museum of Art
June 26, 1987 - August 23, 1987
The Aura of Neo-Impressionism: The W.J. Holliday Collection
High Museum of Art
March 24, 1987 - May 17, 1987
The Aura of Neo-Impressionism: The W.J. Holliday Collection
New Orleans Museum of Art
November 15, 1986 - February 8, 1987
Indianapolis Museum of Art
October 21, 1980 - November 30, 1980
Exhibition
Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
1970 - 1970
Exhibition
1970 - 1970
Exhibition
Columbia Museum of Art
1970 - 1970
Exhibition
1970 - 1970
Exhibition
Utah Museum of Fine Arts
1969 - 1969
Exhibition
The University of Arizona Art Gallery
1968 - 1968
Exhibition
California Palace of the Legion of Honor
1968 - 1968
Exhibition
Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen
1910 - 1910
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