shadowed male figure on left wearing a hat and long coat; holds rod in PL hand; stands on river bank with a bridge and buildings in the background; shadowy figures under the bridge; seated figure in center right

%C2%A9 Pierre-Paul Jouve

Man along the Seine with a View of the Old Trocadéro, c. 1903

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Any Parisian in the early 1900s would have recognized the foreground figure as a clochard, meaning a vagabond or tramp and more specifically a person who lived along the quays and slept under bridges. Such figures were often romanticized in French literature, but Paul Jouve avoided idealization, seeking instead to capture their difficult existence. The figure’s possessions are in a bundle on his back, attached to the string he holds in his hand. Farther along the embankment, workers—perhaps clochards lucky enough to pick up a bit of paid work—transfer cargo between a wagon and a barge.

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Title
Man along the Seine with a View of the Old Trocadéro
Artist Life
Bourron-Marlotte, Seine-et-Marne 1878/80–Paris 1973
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2018.117.14
Provenance
Probably sold Étude Couturier-Nicolay et Étude Daussy-Ricqlès, Drouot, Paris, 1991. [Galerie Jacques Fischer, Paris, until about 2005; to Weisberg]; Yvonne and Gabriel Weisberg, Minneapolis (c. 2005–18; given to Mia)
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shadowed male figure on left wearing a hat and long coat; holds rod in PL hand; stands on river bank with a bridge and buildings in the background; shadowy figures under the bridge; seated figure in center right

© Pierre-Paul Jouve

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