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Date: 1846-1890

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Description: Executed circa 1885-86.

signed duBois-Pillet (lower left)

pen and ink on paper

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

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Dimensions: 21.2 by 14cm., 8 2/8 by 5 1/2 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: The present work is a rare example of Dubois-Pillet's views of Paris. During the 1880s the artist's works mirrored those of Georges Seurat and Paul Signac, sharing a similar technical finesse and virtuosity.