Jacques Majorelle (1886-1962) Les cyprès du cimetière... Lot n° 1

Jacques Majorelle (1886-1962) Les cyprès du cimetière de Scutari, Constantinople, 1912 On the front : Tempera on paper laid down on cardboard Signed, dated and located on the bottom left 66,5 x 45,5 cm On the reverse : Étude d'un personnage en manteau Oil on cardboard Provenance : Private Collection, Paris Bibliography : F. Marcilhac, A. Marcilhac, "Jacques Majorelle", Editions Norma, Paris, 2019, reproduced in color p. 206 under no. 25 and p. 217 under no. 39 The buyer will be provided with a certificate of authenticity from the cabinet Marcilhac Note : Scutari is today in Üsküdar, one of the 39 districts of Istanbul. Majorelle made a stop there in the summer of 1912 on his way back to France during his second stay in Egypt. This is most likely the only known painting of a view of Turkey by Jacques Majorelle.