ALBERT MARQUET | Pont Saint-Louis, Paris

Galerie Druet, Paris (acquired from the artist in April 1929) 
René Dreyfus, Paris (acquired from the above in November 1929)
Vicomtesse de Dampierre, Paris (by descent from the above)
Docteur Guichard, Lyon
Sale: Galerie Charpentier, Paris, 6th April 1954, lot 50 
Georges Renand, Paris
Mme Georges Renand, Paris (by descent from the above. Sold: Drouot-Montaigne, Paris, 20th November 1987, Collection Georges Renand, lot 20) 
Private Collection, France (sold: Ader Picard Tajan, Drouot-Montaigne, Paris, 20th March 1990, lot 78) 
Galerie Taménaga, Paris (purchased at the above sale)
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1991

Zurich, Kunsthaus, Albert Marquet 1875 - 1947, 1948, no. 93 (titled Le Pont Louis Philippe) 

Natalya Lenyashina, Albert Marquet, Leningrad, 1975, no. 382, p. 204 (titled Le Pont Louis-Philippe, Paris)

The canvas is not lined. UV examination reveals a spot of retouching to the centre of the canvas just above the bridge and a further few intermittent spots of retouching to the left of the extreme upper edge and the top of the extreme left edge. There is some minor frame abrasion with tiny associated losses in places to the extreme edges. There is a small area of craquelure to the dark green pigment in the centre of the lower left quadrant, which appears to relate to an impact from behind and the reverse of this area of the canvas appears to have been consolidated. There is a vertical stretcher bar mark with some associated fine lines of craquelure. There are a few other fine lines of craquelure in places. This work is in overall good condition.
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This work will be included in the forthcoming Marquet Digital Catalogue Raisonné, currently being prepared under the sponsorship of the Wildenstein Plattner Institute, Inc.