Saint-Tropez: The Port (1897–98): Art, History and Details

Saint-Tropez: The Port (1897–98) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Paul Signac (French, 1863–1935).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Signac adapted for the lithographic process the style he and George Seurat (1859-1891) developed in the 1880s for painting: pointillism. Brilliantly colored dots were juxtaposed to produce a full optical tonal range more luminous than can be obtained from pigments mixed on the palette. Saint-Tropez, printed in six colors (blue, blue-gray, red, pink, yellow, and green), demonstrates that lithography was a perfect vehicle for translating these artists' scientific ideas about color.

Object facts

• Title: Saint-Tropez: The Port
• Date: 1897–98
• Creator attribution: Paul Signac (French, 1863–1935)
• Culture: France, 20th century
• Type: Print
• Technique: color lithograph
• Dimensions: Image: 43.5 x 33 cm (17 1/8 x 13 in.); Sheet: 50.8 x 38.2 cm (20 x 15 1/16 in.)
• Collection: PR - Lithograph
• Department: Prints
• Accession number: 1953.346

Collection credit

Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland in memory of William J. Eastman

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