Maurice de Vlaminck, Paul Birault, and others
The Old Port of Marseilles
1914
Scroll
- Artist: Maurice de Vlaminck
- Printer: Paul Birault
- Publisher: Editions Henry Kahnweiler
The Old Port of Marseilles
1914
Physical Qualities
Woodcut, Sheet: 397 x 492 mm. (15 5/8 x 19 3/8 in.)
Image: 249 x 337 mm. (9 13/16 x 13 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number
1950.12.359
From 1913 through 1914, dealer Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler (1884–1979) printed a group of woodcuts by Maurice de Vlaminck featuring picturesque views of French towns, both near Paris and in the southern ports of France. These works show the evolution of the artist’s style from his earlier Fauve period of simplification and flattened shapes to a more volumetric, three-dimensional view of the world around him.
Katy Rothkopf, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Wild Forms: Fauve Woodcuts," May 14 - October 15, 2023.
Inscribed: Recto: at lower left, in graphite: "6"; at lower right, in graphite: "Vlaminck"; at bottom left, in graphite: "Le Vieux port de Marseille" Verso: at bottom right, in graphite: "25293"
Markings: Verso: at bottom right, stamped in purple ink: " [indecipherable] Centrale Paris"
