The Pont au Change in Paris

1864
Aquarelle sur papier
17,8 x 25,4 cm - 7 x 10 in.
Monogrammé F. B. en haut à droite
Collection particulière
Dernière mise à jour : 2022-03-17 19:22:18
Référence : MSb-77

History

Collection particulière, France - Mme Rachou-Bazille, Montpellier - Vente Paris, Artcurial, 27 mars 2013, n° 222 - Vente Paris-Drouot [Piasa], 3 décembre 2014, n° 105 - Collection particulière.

Exhibitions

As far as we know, never exhibited

Bibliography

Schulman, Frédéric Bazille : Catalogue raisonné - Supplément 1, 2006, repr. p. 22 - Schulman, Frédéric Bazille : Catalogue raisonné numérique, 2022, n° 77.

Le pont au Change vers 1830, Camille Corot, musée Carnavalet, Paris. The bridge was torn down and rebuilt between 1858 and 1860 just before Bazille joined Paris in 1863. He then discovered its present architecture — *Le pont au Change vers 1830*, Camille Corot, musée Carnavalet, Paris. The bridge was torn down and rebuilt between 1858 and 1860 just before Bazille joined Paris in 1863. He then discovered its present architecture

In a letter of early March 1864 [Letter sold at Paris-Drouot December 7-8, 1982, lot 2. Reproduced as n° 28 in the exhibition catalogue Frédéric Bazille and Early Impressionism, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1978, p. 197; Schulman, Frédéric Bazille: Catalogue raisonné, 1995, n° 66, p. 334], Bazille wrote to his father: "As soon as I have passed my examination, I will make two small views of Paris, taken under the quays, I will attach to them one or two studio people and I will send you the whole to make you judge my progress in painting".

With the Man Smoking Pipe, this watercolor shows all of Bazille's interest in a variety of painting techniques. It is still found in pastel and etching.