Harbor in Holland - Flushing (La balise - En Holland, Flessingue)

c. 1894

Paul Signac

Associated Names
Paul Signac

Artist, French, 1863 - 1935

The low vantage point shows a rowboat on the right and a large triangular structure on the left, with the water in the foreground and buildings in the distance. The etching technique captures the scene with detailed lines. The color palette is monochromatic with shades of blue.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in blue-green on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 17.8 x 22.3 cm (7 x 8 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 26.2 x 32.7 cm (10 5/16 x 12 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1983.81.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Kornfeld/Wick 1974, no. 7, State iib/iib

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1985

  • Landscape Prints from the National Gallery's Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1985, no cat.

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.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: tire a 15 epreuves / no.11 / P. Signac

Watermarks

VAN GELDER ZONEN

Wikidata ID

Q74044441

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