[SISLEY (Alfred). Exhibition of about fifty works by Sisley. All part of private collections. Paris : Galerie Rosenberg, 1904. - Booklet in-12, 208 x 145 : portrait, (16 ff.), printed cover. Paperback. Catalog of the exhibition of 50 works of the painter Alfred Sisley, which was held from November 7 to 14, 1904 at the Rosenberg Gallery in Paris. It is illustrated with a portrait of the artist after a painting by Renoir on the frontispiece. COPY BY PAUL SIGNAC WHO HAS ANNOTATED IT EXTENSIVELY. His notes, written in haste with a pencil, are descriptions and appreciations of the works exhibited, some of them accompanied by small sketches. On the back of the title, Signac added a long note in ink about the exhibition: "What a coup this exhibition hides, where 'nothing is for sale'; and yet all the amateur sharks are there and roam around all the time and we only hear them talk about ten thousand and fifteen thousand. Besides, except for 3 or 4 good paintings, the rest is hardly glorious for Sisley... " Slight tear on the top of the cover and the first leaf .
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[SISLEY (Alfred).
Exhibition of about fifty works by Sisley. All part of private collections.
Paris : Galerie Rosenberg, 1904. - Booklet in-12, 208 x 145 : portrait, (16 ff.), printed cover. Paperback.
Catalog of the exhibition of 50 works of the painter Alfred Sisley, which was held from November 7 to 14, 1904 at the Rosenberg Gallery in Paris. It is illustrated with a portrait of the artist after a painting by Renoir on the frontispiece.
COPY BY PAUL SIGNAC WHO HAS ANNOTATED IT EXTENSIVELY. His notes, written in haste with a pencil, are descriptions and appreciations of the works exhibited, some of them accompanied by small sketches.
On the back of the title, Signac added a long note in ink about the exhibition: "What a coup this exhibition hides, where 'nothing is for sale'; and yet all the amateur sharks are there and roam around all the time and we only hear them talk about ten thousand and fifteen thousand. Besides, except for 3 or 4 good paintings, the rest is hardly glorious for Sisley... "
Slight tear on the top of the cover and the first leaf
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