Description & Technical information
Watercolour over traces of a pencil underdrawing, drawn on a page from a small sketchbook. A faint sketch of boats in pencil on the verso.
The present sheet belongs with a small group of Impressionistic watercolours that are datable to the early years of Hayet’s career, before his introduction to Seurat and the principles of pointillism. This watercolour was included in the exhibition 'Louis Hayet, oeuvres néo-impressionnistes de 1885 à 1895' held at the Musée Tavet in Pontoise in 1991.
Period: 1850-1900, 19th century, 20th century
Origin: France
Medium: Watercolour, Pencil inderdrawing
Signature: Numbered 19 in pencil at the lower right.
Dimensions: 11.8 x 18.2 cm (4⁵/₈ x 7¹/₈ inches)
Provenance: Dr. Jean Sutter, Paris (Lugt 3542), his stamp on the verso
His sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 15 May 2001, lot 63
Alain and Ginette Lesieutre, Paris.
Literature: Guy Dulon and Christophe Duvivier, Louis Hayet 1864-1940: Peintre et théoricien du Néo-impressionnisme, Pontoise, 1991, illustrated p.43 (where dated 1883-1884).
Exhibitions: Pontoise, Musée Tavet, Louis Hayet, oeuvres néo-impressionnistes de 1885 à 1895, 1991.
Categories: Paintings, Drawings & Prints

Discover the gallery
Stephen Ongpin Fine Art
Old Master, 19th Century and Modern Drawings, Watercolours and Oil Sketches
More Works From This Gallery

Stephen Ongpin Fine Art
Study of a Male Nude Holding a Hammer
François Boucher (Paris, 1703 - Paris, 1770)

Stephen Ongpin Fine Art
Portrait of Grace Knewstub Orpen
William ORPEN (Stillorgan, 1878 - London, 1931)

Stephen Ongpin Fine Art
Portrait of the Artist’s Daughter, Nancy Strang
William STRANG (Dumbarton, 1859 - Bournemouth, 1921)
_T637260072470032208.jpg?width=720&height=1200&mode=max&quality=60)
Stephen Ongpin Fine Art
View of a Mediterranean Port (The Bay of Ajaccio, Corsica?)
PAUL SIGNAC (French, 1863 - 1945)

Stephen Ongpin Fine Art
Coastal Landscape in Brittany
Maxime MAUFRA (Nantes, 1861 - Poncé-sur-Loire, 1918)