La bonne mère, Marseille (Étude), Paul Signac

Paul Signac
1863 - 1935
La bonne mère, Marseille (Étude)

signed P. Signac (lower left)
oil on canvasboard
26.8 by 35.5cm., 10½ by 14in.
Framed: 43.6 by 52.5cm., 17⅛ by 20⅝in.
Painted in 1907.

Condition Report:
Oil on prepared canvasboard; there are no signs of retouching visible under UV light. The impasto is thick and well preserved. Apart from a very minor paint loss and some associated discolouration to the left part of the extreme lower edge, this work is in very good overall condition.

Provenance:
Galerie Marseille, Paris
Georgette Geismar, Paris (acquired in the 1920s)
Private Collection, France (by descent from the above)
Sale: Baron Ribeyre & Associés, Paris, 11th June 2018, lot 194
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner