The Pont Neuf, Paris

Albert Marquet  (French, Bordeaux 1875–1947 Paris)

Date:
1935
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
35 x 45-3/4 inches (88.9 x 116.2 cm)
Classification:
Paintings
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Charles S. Payson, 1966
Accession Number:
66.5
Rights and Reproduction:
© 2011 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

    Signature: Signed (lower left): Marquet

  • Provenance

    The artist, Paris (1935–47); his widow, Mme Marcelle (Martinet) Marquet, Paris (1947–65; on November 20, 1965 to Payson); Mrs. Charles S. Payson, New York (1965–66; her gift to MMA)

  • Exhibition History

    [X] =copy in Archive folder

    [X] Hedendaagsche Fransche Kunst, ‘s-Gravenhage [La Haye / The Hague], February 15-March 15, 1936; exh. curated by Nesto Jacometti, Paris, and Dr. G. Knuttel Wzn, The Hague; preface in Dutch by G. KN. [Dr. G. Knuttel], pp. 7-13; introduction in French by Nesto Jacometti, pp. 14-23; cat. checklist p. 35 no. 75 (as De Pont Neuf bij dag, in den winter, 1936, canvas, 89 x 116; lent by the artist as per headnote p. 25), ill. n.p. (as Marquet, Le Pont Neuf) .

    [X] Exposition Internationale de New York : L’Art Français Contemporain / New York World’s Fair: Contemporary French Art, Palais de la France / French Pavilion, Section des Beaux-Arts / Fine Arts Section, 1939, exh. cat. (Tours, France: Arrault & Cie., 1939); exh. curated by André Dezarrois, Conservateur des Musées Nationaux; with preface by M. Georges Huisman, Directeur Général des Beaux-Arts (in French, pp. 9-12, and in English translation, pp. 13-16), cat. checklist no. 103, ill. pl. 103 (as Le Pont-sNeuf).

    [X] Albert Marquet, 1875-1947: Gedächtnis-Ausstellung, Kunsthaus, Zurich, June –August 1948, exh cat with preface by W. Wartmann, pp. 3-4, and texts by George Besson, pp. 5-10 (“Albert Marquet”), and Claude Roger-Marx, pp. 13-16 (“Le graphisme de Marquet”) (181 paintings, 47 watercolors, 51 drawings); p. 30 cat. no. 150 (as Pont Neuf, 1938, b 116 h 89, private collection, Paris)

    [X] Albert Marquet, 1875-1947, Musée d’art moderne, Paris, October-December 1948, exh cat with essays by Jean Cassou, George Besson, and Claude Roger-Marx (97 paintings); p. 25, cat. no. 75 (as Pont-Neuf, 1938, 116x89, private collection).

    [X] Exposition d’œuvres d’Albert Marquet, Musée National des Beaux-Arts, Alger, spring 1949, exh. cat. with introduction by Jean Alazard, pp. 7-18 (76 paintings, 20 watercolors, 20 drawings); cat. checklist by Mlle E. Caillou p. 27 no. 66 (as Le Pont Neuf, 1938, canvas, 89 x 115 cm, signed LL), not ill.

    [look it up in RLIN & WorldCat] Rétrospective des Œuvres de Marquet, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Bordeaux, May 30-June 30, 1949, exh cat (51 paintings, 20 watercolors, 20 drawings), no. 36 (dated 1938).

    [look it up in RLIN & WorldCat] Marquet, Musée Royal des Beaux-Arts, Copenhagen, September 9-October 8, 1950, exh cat with introduction by Jorn Rubow (54 paintings, 74 watercolors and drawings), no. 34 (exh. hist. lists Zurich and Paris).

    [X] Albert Marquet, malerier, akvareller, tegninger, grafikk, Kunstnernes hus [Maison des Arts], Oslo, November 4 - December 3, 1950, exh cat with prefaces by W. Halvorsen and Jorn Rubow (54 paintings, 66 watercolors and drawings), p. 14, cat. no. 33 (as Utsikt over Pont-Neuf. Regnvaer / Pont-Neuf, 1935, 89 x 106,5).

    [X] Albert Marquet, 1875-1947, exposition retrospective, Muse?e National Bezalel, Jerusalem, March 31-April 28, 1951, and Musée des Beaux-Arts, Tel Aviv, May 1951, exh cat (50 paintings, 22 watercolors, 34 drawings); cat. (Muse?e National Bezalel) no. 31 (as Pont-Neuf, 1937, 89 x 106,5).

    [in WorldCat – order ILL] Paintings by Albert Marquet, Wildenstein Gallery, London, October 15-November 15, 1952, exh cat with preface by George Besson (45 paintings), no. 32.

    [X] A loan exhibition of Marquet, sponsored by Count Jean Vyau de Lagarde, Wildenstein Gallery, New York, January 21-February 21, 1953, exh. organized with the help of Mme Albert Marquet, with a foreword by Georges Besson (in English), pp. 7-8, and an essay, “Marquet the Man,” by Madame Albert Marquet (in English), pp. 11-17 (73 paintings); cat. checklist p. 24 no. 54 (as Pont Neuf, 1938, canvas, 35 x 45 ¾ in.; lent by a French private collector, as per headnote on p. 19), ill. p. 15.

    [in WorldCat – order ILL] Exposition Marquet, Musée Jenisch, Vevey, Switzerland, June 13-September 13, 1953, exh cat with essay by Marcelle Marquet, catalogue by François Daulte (74 paintings, 15 watercolors, 16 drawings, 8 illustrated books) no. 59, ill. (dated 1938; lent by private collection, Paris; exh. hist.).

    [X] Exposition Albert Marquet (1875-1947) : peintures, aquarelles, dessins, Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Albi, July 6-Septembre 25, 1957, exh cat (with preface by Edouard Julien, pp. 9-11, and text by George Besson, "Albert Marquet, 1875-1947," pp. 13-25; 74 ptgs, 16 wtcl, 36 dwgs), p. 36 no. 51 (as Le Pont Neuf, 1935, 89 x 116 cm, coll. Marquet; with exh hist.).

    [look it up in RLIN & WorldCat] Albert Marquet, Bridgestone Museum of Art, Tokyo, September 18-October 30, 1960, exh cat with essay by Marcelle Marquet, no. 46, ill. [not our pix acc. to note in Archive folder. TK]

    [X] Marquet (exposition organisée sous l’égide du Syndicat d’Initiative de Lyon), Musée de Lyon, summer 1962, exh cat with introduction by René Jullian, « Marquet, peintre de l’eau, » n.p. [6 pages] (92 ptgs & watercolors, 26 dwgs), cat. no. 66 (as Le Pont Neuf sous la pluie, 1935, o/c 89 x 116 cm, coll. Mme Marquet, Paris).

    [in WorldCat – order ILL] Jean-Paul Crespelle, Albert Marquet, Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, June 13-July 16, 1962, cat. no. 35.

    [X] Marquet, Knoedler Gallery, New York, May 6-29, 1964, exh cat with preface by Marcelle Marquet, n.p. (2 pages), and introduction by François Daulte titled “The Work of Marquet,” n.p. (4 pages) (60 ptgs); ill. pl. 41 (as Le Pont-Neuf, 1936), checklist n.p. no. 41 (as Le Pont-Neuf, 1936, 45 5/8 x 35 in. [measurements erroneously inverted]).

    [X] Albert Marquet, Peintre franc?ais, Musée des Beaux-Arts / Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, January 10-February 2, 1964 ; Musée des Beaux-Arts, Québec, & National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, p. 26 cat. no. 36, ill. p. 86 (as Pont Neuf, 1935, 89x116, signed LL: Marquet, private collection, Paris); lent by Madame Marcelle Marquet, Paris as per back label.

    [in WorldCat – order ILL] TK Albert Marquet : Gemälde, Pastelle, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Kunstverein, Hamburg, November 14, 1964-January 10, 1965, exh cat with preface by Marcelle Marquet and introduction by Hans Platte (82 ptgs, 12 pastels, 6 wtcls, 52 dwgs)

    [X] Albert Marquet: A loan exhibition for the benefit of the Hospitality Committee of the United Nations, Wildenstein Gallery, New York, October 28-December 4, 1971, exh cat with foreword by Raymond Cogniat, n.p. (2 pages) (73 ptgs); ill. no. 48 (as Le Pont Neuf, 1935, 35 x 45 ¾ in., lent by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Charles S. Payson).

    [X] Invitation to Modern Painting: From impressionism to E?cole de Paris : Its Passion and Struggle, Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Japan, November 2-December 12, 1982, cat. (with essays by Shu?ji Takashina and Masayoshi Homma, text in Japanese and English), ill. p. 130 no. 43 (as Marquet, Pont-Neuf, 1935, MMA, Gift of Mrs. Charles S. Payson, 1966), list of plates p. 210 no. 43.

    Mayor’s Office, City Hall, New York, May 1985-June 1986 + April 1987 [no cat.]

    [X] Painters in Paris 1895-1950, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, March 8, 2000 – January 14, 2001 (exh cat by William S. Lieberman).

    CHF 9/20/2007

  • References

    [X] = copy in Archive folder

    J.C., “La vie des arts,” La Nouvelle République (Bordeaux), May 31, 1949, ill.

    [X] Francis Jourdain, Marquet (Paris : Cercle d’Art, 1959), ill. p. 116 (as Le Pont Neuf sous la pluie, 1935, coll. Marquet), list of plates no. 116 (ibid.).

    [X] « Chronique des musées, » Bulletin des musées et monuments lyonnais, vol. III, no. 1, 1963, p. 88.

    « Reports of the departments, Fiscal Year 1965-1966, » The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, vol. XXV, no. 2, October 1966, p. 78.

    Mikhail Guerman [German?], Albert Marquet: The Paradox of Time (Moscou, 1972), translated by Paul Williams (Bournemouth, England : Parkston/Aurora Art Pubs., 1995), no. 48, ill.

    N. Leniachina, Leningrad, 1975, no. 612, pp. 164, 212, ill. p. 169.

    CHF 9/20/2007

  • See also
    Who
    What
    Where
    When
    In the Museum
    Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
    MetPublications
210009733

Close