Coucher de soleil (Sketch of a drawing Man on the reverse)

1894
Oil on cardboard
13 x 9,44 in
Signed and dated lower left: « 1894 » and dedicated to Mrs L. Clair
Wooden natural frame chooses by the artist

Provenance
Private collection, Lyon.
Sale: Aguttes, Lyon, « Tableaux XIXe et XXe Siècles, École Lyonnaise et Régionale…», May 21, 2011, lot 83.
Private collection.

Literature
Gilles Caillaud, Hélène Bailly-Marcilhac & Charles Bailly, Léon Pourtau: vie et oeuvre d’un pionnier du pointillisme: essai de catalogue raisonné, Skira Editions, Milan, 2014, no 26, illustrated p.109.