Albert MARQUET 1875 - 1947 The port, clear weather - circa 1942-1943 Oil on canvas Signed lower right "marquet 46 x 61 cm (18,11 x 24,02 in.) Provenance: Sale Paris, Hôtel Drouot, December 9, 1996, lot 17 Sale New York, Sotheby's, 14 May 1997, lot 172 Sale Paris, Drouot Montaigne, Me Marc-Arthur Kohn, June 19, 2000, lot 97 Acquired at this sale by the current owners Bibliography: J-C Martinet, G.Wildenstein, Marquet, l'Afrique du Nord, catalog of the painted work, Editions Skira/Wildenstein Institute, Paris 2001, n°I-349, reproduced in color, p.275 Comment : Oil on canvas; signed lower right

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