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Saint-Tropez: The Port

Saint-Tropez: The Port

1897–98
(French, 1863–1935)
France, 20th century
color lithograph
Image: 43.5 x 33 cm (17 1/8 x 13 in.); Sheet: 50.8 x 38.2 cm (20 x 15 1/16 in.)
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland in memory of William J. Eastman 1953.346
Catalogue raisonné: Kornfeld & Wick 19b
Location: not on view

Description

Signac adapted for the lithographic process the style he and George Seurat (1859-1891) developed in the 1880s for painting: pointillism. Brilliantly colored dots were juxtaposed to produce a full optical tonal range more luminous than can be obtained from pigments mixed on the palette. Saint-Tropez, printed in six colors (blue, blue-gray, red, pink, yellow, and green), demonstrates that lithography was a perfect vehicle for translating these artists' scientific ideas about color.
  • ?-1953
    (Ferdinand Roten Galleries, Baltimore, MD)
    August 12, 1953
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Inventive Impressions: 18th- and 19-Century French Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26-October 28, 2001).
    Printing in Color. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 10-November 17, 1985).
    Art Nouveau in France. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 1-September 1, 1979).
    The Print Club of Cleveland, 1919 - 1969: Fifty Years in Review. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (January 14-March 31, 1970).
  • {{cite web|title=Saint-Tropez: The Port|url=false|author=Paul Signac|year=1897–98|access-date=20 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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