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Paul Signac

Paul Signac

1863–1935

WA-00019336

Paris, France

PaintingPointillismFauvismImpressionism

Representation

None documented

22

Institutional Exhibitions

61

Works in Collection

91

Assets Indexed

4

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

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Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ151573

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Master Prints from the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989

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Master Prints from the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1987–1988

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Impresario: Ambroise Vollard

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1977

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The "Wild Beasts": Fauvism and Its Affinities

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1976

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Points of View

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1975

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Seurat to Matisse: Drawing in France

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1974

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Drawings from the Kr�ller-M�ller National Museum, Otterlo

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1973

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Ways of Looking

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1971

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Paul J. Sachs Gallery Print Re-installation

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1966

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European Print Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1962

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Modern Masterprints of Europe

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1954–1955

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XXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1954–1955

Field Verification (4 fields)

2 cross-verified · 2 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
LocationGallery Generic· 72%✓
NationalityArtsy· 85%
BiographyGallery Generic· 72%

Source Registry (4)

Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/paul-signac
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/paul-signac
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/5421
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Wikidata
Tier 1 · Institutional40%

About

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Graph relationships

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Movement

Pointillism

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

Canonical record

Artworks (61)

Paris: Le Pont des Arts with Tugboats (Paris: Le Pont des Arts avec Remorqueuers)

Paris: Le Pont des Arts with Tugboats (Paris: Le Pont des Arts avec Remorqueuers)

1927 · Etching and aquatint

plate: 4 15/16 x 7 1/2" (12.5 x 19 cm); sheet: 8 3/4 x 10 7/8" (22.3 x 27.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Docks at Saint Malo

1927 · Watercolor over graphite

11 7/8 x 17 5/16 in. (30.1 x 43.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Ships near the Trieux River

Ships near the Trieux River

1925 · black crayon and watercolor

Sheet: 30 x 45.9 cm (11 13/16 x 18 1/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Les Andelys on a Summer Morning

Les Andelys on a Summer Morning

1923 · brush and black ink with graphite on tan paper

overall: 69.5 x 95 cm (27 3/8 x 37 3/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Flooded Seine in 1910 (La Seine en crue, en 1910)

The Flooded Seine in 1910 (La Seine en crue, en 1910)

1923 · lithograph

National Gallery of Art

The Seine Flooding in 1910

The Seine Flooding in 1910

1923 · Lithograph

composition: 6 x 8 13/16" (15.2 x 22.4 cm); sheet: 8 3/4 x 11 7/8" (22.3 x 30.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Port Louis-Lomalo

Port Louis-Lomalo

1922 · Watercolor, with black crayon and touches of gouache, on buff wove paper, laid down on tan wove paper, laid down on off-white wove paper

24.6 × 39.5 cm (9 11/16 × 15 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Petit Andely-The River Bank

1920 · Black crayon and watercolor

10 7/16 x 16 15/16 in. (26.5 x 43 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Notre Dame

1910 · Watercolor, with graphite, on white laid paper, laid down on white wove paper

26.5 × 38.9 cm (10 7/16 × 15 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Brief aan Philip Zilcken

Brief aan Philip Zilcken

1907 · writing (processes) on ink, paper

width: 425 cm, height: 425 cm

The Calanque at Saint Tropez

The Calanque at Saint Tropez

1906 · watercolor and graphite on laid paper

overall: 28 x 43.7 cm (11 x 17 3/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

St Tropez

1906 · watercolor and gouache over black chalk on laid paper

sheet: 25.4 x 40 cm (10 x 15 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

1906 · China ink and ink wash

11 3/4 x 14 13/16 in. (29.9 x 37.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Notre-Dame de la Garde (La Bonne Mère), Marseille

1905 · Oil on canvas

35 x 45 3/4 in. (88.9 x 116.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Les Alyscamps, Arles

Les Alyscamps, Arles

1904 · Watercolor and charcoal on paper

16 x 10 1/2" (40.6 x 26.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Evening (Le soir)

Evening (Le soir)

1898 · 5-color lithograph

National Gallery of Art

Evening (Le soir)

Evening (Le soir)

1898 · 5-color lithograph

National Gallery of Art

Evening (Le soir)

Evening (Le soir)

1898 · Lithograph

composition: 8 x 10 5/16" (20.3 x 26.2 cm); sheet: 11 x 14 7/16" (27.9 x 36.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Evening, The Jetty at Vlissingen

Evening, The Jetty at Vlissingen

1898 · lithograph

Cleveland Museum of Art

Evening

1898 · Lithograph in five colors (light blue, blue, yellow, pink and green) on ivory wove chine

Image: 19.5 × 25.4 cm (7 11/16 × 10 in.); Sheet: 19.5 × 25.4 cm (7 11/16 × 10 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

St. Tropez: The Port (Saint-Tropez: Le port)

St. Tropez: The Port (Saint-Tropez: Le port)

1897 · 6-color lithograph on wove paper

image: 43.5 x 33 cm (17 1/8 x 13 in.) sheet: 52.2 x 40.5 cm (20 9/16 x 15 15/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Port of St. Tropez (Port de Saint-Tropez) for the portfolio The Album of Original Prints from The Vollard Gallery (L'Album d'estampes originales de la Galerie Vollard), no. III

Port of St. Tropez (Port de Saint-Tropez) for the portfolio The Album of Original Prints from The Vollard Gallery (L'Album d'estampes originales de la Galerie Vollard), no. III

1897 · Lithograph

composition: 17 1/4 x 13 1/8" (43.8 x 33.4cm); sheet: 20 1/2 x 15 11/16" (52 x 39.9cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Saint-Tropez: The Port

Saint-Tropez: The Port

1897 · color lithograph

Image: 43.5 x 33 cm (17 1/8 x 13 in.); Sheet: 50.8 x 38.2 cm (20 x 15 1/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Wreckers

1896 · Lithograph in black on ivory laid paper

Image: 47 × 30.5 cm (18 9/16 × 12 1/16 in.); Sheet: 56.7 × 45.5 cm (22 3/8 × 17 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (6)

61 published of 80 catalogued · 71 with image

MoMA
19 publishedof 38 catalogued36 img
Nga
15 published15 img
Art Institute Chicago
11 published11 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
7 published7 img
The Met
7 published
Rijksmuseum
2 published2 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 7)

7 entries · 1 sources

Evening, The Jetty at Vlissingen
1898 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Boats at Flushing
1895 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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St. Tropez (The Port of St. Tropez)
1894 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Boats
1883 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Harmonious Times
1895 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Ships near the Trieux River
1925 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Saint-Tropez: The Port
1897 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Record

Images

11 assets

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Saint-Tropez: The Port (1897–98)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Wreckers (1896)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Port of St. Tropez II, from the seventh album of L'Estampe originale (1894)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sunday in Paris (1887)

Art Institute of Chicago

Chromatic Circle (1888)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Andelys (1895)

Art Institute of Chicago

Notre Dame (1910)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Relationships

10

Movements3

Pointillism Fauvism Impressionism

Collections7

Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Rijksmuseum

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

National Gallery of Art

Market

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