Object Name: Drawing
While Signac's early works were impressionistic, he later developed the technique of pointillism, together with George Seurat, and in the last years of his life adopted a freer style bordering on the abstract. The balanced composition of the present drawing bestows upon it a calm, serene atmosphere. It depicts the Square du Vert Galant, a wedge-like projection at the tip of the Ile de la Cité near the Pont Neuf, cut off from the bustle of the city. A veteran sailor, Signac frequently included in his works depictions of seashores, harbors, and riversides - in particular the Seine. By painting the clouds flowing in harmony with the foliage and the leaves floating along the stream, Signac subsumes all the objects in the painting under a unifying textural treatment.
Lit.: Perry-Lehmann, Meira, One Hundred Works on Paper: From the Collection of The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1986, English / Hebrew
Lit.: Steinberg, Shlomit, Orphaned Art: Looted Art from the Holocaust in the Israel Museum, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, English / Hebrew
