Albert Marquet (French, 1875-1947) Lake Geneva... Lot 10

Albert Marquet (French, 1875-1947) Lake Geneva at Montreux, 1937 Canvas signed lower right. Height: 24 cm Width: 33 cm. Provenance: - Me Tajan sale, Paris, 6 May 1994, no. 79, - private collection, Paris - sale Me Tajan, Paris, December 18, 2002, n°68 - Antoine Van de Beuque, 2003 - acquired from the latter, private collection of the Basque Country. Notice of inclusion in the catalog raisonné in preparation by Jean-Claude Martinet published by the Wildenstein Institute signed by Daniel Wildenstein on May 7, 1994. Related works: - "Montreux, brumes sur le lac Léman," Montreux, 1937, (32.5 x 40 cm), London, Christie's, April 4, 1989, no. 170; Paris, Piasa sale, December 2019, no. 2; Paris, Me Aguttes sale, June 8, 2005, no. 117 for an identical composition in larger dimensions. - "Le Lac Léman", 1937, oil on canvas, Height 50 Width 61 in "Albert Marquet 1875-1947", exhibition catalogue, Bordeaux, Galerie des Beaux-Arts and Paris, Orangerie des Tuileries, Paris, Editions des Musées nationaux, 1975, p. 17, fig. 4 for a view from further away at the same angle Albert Marquet's work is punctuated by travel. Switzerland is perhaps one of the artist's most confidential destinations. He discovered the Swiss provinces during a first trip in 1936 on the occasion of two openings in Lausanne and Zurich. He extended his peregrinations to Montreux, where the mountain landscapes enchanted him. The following year, between January and early spring, Marquet stayed again in Montreux, on the shores of Lake Geneva. This stay inspired a series of paintings in which our painting is included. Painting from his hotel room, Marquet captures the changes in the climate. In the city, the snow is only at the foot of the trees and on the edge of the wall, while the blue of the mountains hides the eternal snows.