Application du Cercle Chromatique de Mr. Ch. Henry

1888

Paul Signac

Associated Names
Paul Signac

Artist, French, 1863 - 1935

The image consists of bold geometric shapes and lines creating an abstract composition. Large letters "T" and "L" are on the left and right, filled with colorful mosaic patterns. In the center, there is a black circle containing a vibrant pointillism-style scene of a sailboat on a seascape. Above and below the circle are colored strips featuring geometric patterns. The overall layout includes frame-like borders filled with checkerboard patterns.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color lithograph on card

  • Credit Line

    Gift of The Atlas Foundation

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 16 x 18.5 cm (6 5/16 x 7 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1995.76.72

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Kornfeld/Wick 1974, no. 4, State only

  • Series Title

    Théâtre Libre

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Rodolphe Darzens, Paris; Mr. and Mrs. Martin Atlas, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1998

  • Artists and the Avant-Garde Theater in Paris, 1887-1900, National Gallery of Art, Washington; National Academy Museum, New York, 1998-1999, no. 2, as La Chance de Françoise (Françoise's Luck) by Georges Porto-Riche; La Mort du duc d'Enghien (The D...

Bibliography

1974

  • Kornfeld, Eberhard W. and Peter A. Wick. Catalogue raisonne de l'oeuvre grave et lithographie de Paul Signac. Bern: Editions Kornfeld et Klipstein, 1974.

1992

  • Aitken, Geneviève. Artistes et Théâtres d'Avant-Garde: Programmes de Théâtre Illustrés, Paris 1890-1900. Exh. cat. Pont-Aven, Musée de Pont-Aven and tour, 1992, 15, no. 2.

1998

  • Artists and the Avant-Garde Theater in Paris, 1887-1900. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington; National Academy Museum, New York, 1998-1999: no. 2.

Inscriptions

across top in stone: T-L; lower right in stone: P. Signac; lower left in stone: Application du Cercle Chromatique de Mr. Ch. Henry / Lith. EUGENE VERNEAU, 108, Rue de la Folie Méricort, Paris.; across top verso printed: LE / Théâtre Libre... / Lundi 10 Décembre 1888... / LA CHANCE DE FRANÇOISE... / LA MORT DU DUC D'ENGHIEN... / LE COR FLEURI

Wikidata ID

Q75395629

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