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The Buoy (Port of St. Tropez)
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According to the catalogue raisonné, the edition numbers 60 prints, of which 20 feature a “remarque.” A “remarque” refers to a small image, emblem or symbol in the margin of a print. The catalogue raisonné specifies that the "remarque" for these 20 prints takes the shape of a green sailboat set in the lower left corner of the margin. This particular print is a trial proof without the "remarque" and with marginal annotations about ink types and colors.
Department of Prints
[Sale Versailles France September 1964] sold; [to Peter Deitsch New York NY (1964-1969) sold]; to Herbert M. Rothschild gift; to Maurine P. Rothschild and Robert F. Rothschild later Margaret and Robert F. Rothschild (1969-2011) gift; to Harvard Art Museums 2011
Notes:
1. According to Peter Deitsch he purchased the print at a small sale in Versailles France in September 1964. A preliminary search of auction records for Versailles in 1964 did not produce any auction sales which may have included this print.
2. The print was purchased from Peter Deitsch by Herbert M. Rothschild in 1969 as a gift for Maurine P. and Robert F. Rothschild.
3. Maurine P. Rothschild passed away in 2004.
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Gift of Robert and Margaret Rothschild
Title: The Buoy (Port of St. Tropez)
Description:
According to the catalogue raisonné, the edition numbers 60 prints, of which 20 feature a “remarque.
” A “remarque” refers to a small image, emblem or symbol in the margin of a print.
The catalogue raisonné specifies that the "remarque" for these 20 prints takes the shape of a green sailboat set in the lower left corner of the margin.
This particular print is a trial proof without the "remarque" and with marginal annotations about ink types and colors.
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