La Plage, study

1890
Oil on canvas
12.20 x 17.32 in
Signed lower right: « L. Pourtau »

Provenance
Maximilien Luce Collection.
Frédéric Luce (acquired by descent until 1970). Josefowitz collection.

Exhibitions :
Amsterdam, Rijkmuseum Vincent Van Gogh, « Neo-impressionnisten, Seurat tot Strijcken », May 28 -August 29, 1988.
‘s-Hertogenbosch, Noordbrabants Museum, « A Feast of Colour: Post- Impressionists from private collections », September 15 – November 25, 1990.
« Pointillismus auf den Spuren von Georges Seurat », travelling exhibition, Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz Museum, September 6 – November 30, 1997 ; Lausanne, Fondation de l’Hermitage, January 23 – May 31, 1998, exhibition catalogue, no 111, illustrated.

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 1, illustrated p.48-49.