La Seine
Signed lower right: Bernard Lamotte
Description
Bernard Lamotte continually returned to Paris for his preferred subject matter, distilling with his brush the fleeting moments of everyday life in the quartiers, parks, and cafés of his beloved City of Light.
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Inscriptions
- (in black crayon on right stretcher) Bernard Lamotte
- (in black crayon on top stretcher) La Seine
Labels
Exhibitions
- Bernard Lamotte (1903-1983), Tour du Monde: Scenes of Paris and Beyond, Exhibition III, Vose Galleries, Boston, October 1 – November 28, 1998
- Bernard Lamotte (1903-1983), Vose Galleries, Boston, October 4 – November 15, 2014, illus. in brochure
Literature
Condition
Good. The painting is not lined and has two patches verso, a long patch at center and a round patch center right (center left recto). The center patch appears to correlate to three small spots of older retouch recto, but the round patch does not seem to have obvious retouch correlating to it. There is more recent scattered in-paint in the left and center sky, a line of in-paint in the dome and tree at far right, a small spot in the tower at left, and very minor in-paint in the left and center foreground. Fine separations in the figure petting the dog are stable.
Frame Details
Description
Bernard Lamotte continually returned to Paris for his preferred subject matter, distilling with his brush the fleeting moments of everyday life in the quartiers, parks, and cafés of his beloved City of Light.
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Inscriptions
- (in black crayon on right stretcher) Bernard Lamotte
- (in black crayon on top stretcher) La Seine
Labels
Exhibitions
- Bernard Lamotte (1903-1983), Tour du Monde: Scenes of Paris and Beyond, Exhibition III, Vose Galleries, Boston, October 1 – November 28, 1998
- Bernard Lamotte (1903-1983), Vose Galleries, Boston, October 4 – November 15, 2014, illus. in brochure
Literature
Condition
Good. The painting is not lined and has two patches verso, a long patch at center and a round patch center right (center left recto). The center patch appears to correlate to three small spots of older retouch recto, but the round patch does not seem to have obvious retouch correlating to it. There is more recent scattered in-paint in the left and center sky, a line of in-paint in the dome and tree at far right, a small spot in the tower at left, and very minor in-paint in the left and center foreground. Fine separations in the figure petting the dog are stable.
