4 - Alfred Swieykowski (1869-1953) | French

Alfred Swieykowski (1869-1953) | French The Harbour at Saint-Malo, c. 1920's Oil on Canvas Signed: Signed and inscribed ‘Swieykowski / St Malo’ (lower left). Dimensions: Framed: 34 × 48 cm | 13.4 × 18.9 in Artwork: 26 × 40.5 cm | 10.2 × 15.9 in Provenance: Acquired in France. Private Collection, Spain. Condition: Oil on canvas, unlined, on its original stretcher. The paint layer is stable; scattered small flecks of old loss and rubbing in the thickest impasto of the quay and along the edges, consistent with a plein-air sketch; light surface dirt. Presented in a modern gilt frame with a white slip. Please contact us to request a detailed Condition Report. Conditions of Sale: All lots are sold as is, in the condition described. The condition summary is given as a courtesy; a full condition report is available on request before the sale. Attributions are governed by our Terms and Conditions. All enquiries must be made before bidding; no further information can be provided after the sale. By placing a bid you confirm that you have read and accept our Terms and Conditions in full, as set out in the terms of this sale. Shipping: Aurora & Athena coordinates professional, insured shipping for every purchase through vetted logistics partners: packing, transport, insurance and the export paperwork are arranged on the buyer's behalf and charged at the provider's cost. Buyers are equally welcome to collect in Barcelona or to appoint a carrier of their own. Lots are released once the total purchase price has been received. For shipments outside the EU an export licence may be required and Spanish export duties may apply to certain higher-value works; these are the buyer's responsibility. No export tax applies within the EU. Full shipping and export information is available on request. -- The inner harbour of Saint-Malo in bright, cold light: a fishing boat with a red deckhouse lies against the quay, two cranes stand on the far side of the basin, and beyond them the granite ramparts and the tall slate-roofed houses of the walled town rise against a turquoise sky. A single figure walks along the quay on the right. The paint is thick and fast, the pale stone of the quays laid on in loaded, ridged strokes, the water scraped in with a few greens and greys. Alfred Swieykowski (1869–1953), a Parisian of Polish descent and a pupil of Cormon, was a painter of the Seine, the Alps and the coasts who exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français for half a century and took a silver medal at the 1937 Exposition Internationale. This small, vigorous panel-sized canvas, inscribed with the place, is a plein-air sketch of the kind he made on his travels; the town is shown as it stood before the destruction of 1944.