9 - Guy Legendre (b. 1946) | French

Guy Legendre (b. 1946) | French The Boatyard at Saint-Valery, c. 1970's Oil on Canvas Signed: Signed (lower right); inscribed ‘Legendre (St Valery)’ on the reverse. Dimensions: Framed: 70 × 80 cm | 27.6 × 31.5 in Artwork: 50 × 61 cm | 19.7 × 24 in Provenance: Acquired in France. Private Collection, Spain. Condition: Oil on canvas, unlined. The paint layer is stable and clean; a few tiny flecks of loss at the extreme edges under the frame rebate. Presented in a gilt frame with wear. 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. -- A fishing boat with two masts sits on its launching trailer on the quay, hull freshly painted blue and red, while two men in blue stand beside it; a green and red caravan is parked to the left, a row of brick and slate houses closes the background and, to the right, a lawn runs down to the water where small yachts lie at anchor. The sky is a mass of grey-pink cloud with breaks of blue. The canvas is inscribed on the reverse with the place, Saint-Valery, the harbour town of the Somme bay on the Picardy coast where boats are still hauled out on the quays. Guy Legendre painted the ports of the Channel coast, Le Tréport and Saint-Valery among them, in a bright, square-brushed manner that belongs to the post-war French school of harbour painting. The picture is unusually direct for the genre: no picturesque sails, but a working boat out of the water and the people who look after it.