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'Symphony in Green and Violet' is the correct title.
It was not shown in the Exposition Nationale des Beaux-Arts, 7th exhibition, Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Champs de Mars, Paris, 1897 (cat. no. 1257) as 'Vert et violet', as suggested in the 1980 catalogue. 3 The work exhibited in 1897 was Green and Gold: A Shop in Calais [YMSM 474].
An upright figure composition, with two women, one in pale blue robes at left, and the other in pale cream, lean on a railing, looking to left. The sea is just visible in the distance. There are white blossoms at the lower left edge. There are considerable signs of pentimenti.
Unknown.
Last updated: 25th November 2020 by Margaret