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Date: 1846-1890

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Description: Executed circa 1886.

signed duBois-Pillet (lower right)

watercolour on paper

To be included in the forthcoming Dubois-Pillet Catalogue raisonné being prepared by Patrick Offenstadt.

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Dimensions: 15.8 by 22.1cm., 6 1/4 by 8 3/4 in.

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Provenance: Ludovic Breschet, Le Puy-en-Velay (acquired from the family of the artist circa 1886-90)
Galerie André Maurice, Paris
Alexandre Schick, Paris (acquired from the above in the 1950s)
Thence by descent to the present owner

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Notes: Bord de Marne à l'aube belongs to the series of works acquired from the family of the artist by Maître Breschet, a lawyer in Puy-en-Velay. The Marne river was one of Dubois-Pillet's preferred subjects, allowing him to explore the reflection of the sky in the water in a Pointillist manner.