%C2%A9 Pierre-Paul Jouve
Man along the Seine with a View of the Old Trocadéro, c. 1903
Pierre-Paul Jouveexpand_more
Charcoal on beige paperexpand_more
Gift of Dr. Gabriel P. and Yvonne M.L. Weisbergexpand_more 2018.117.14
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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.
Details
- 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)
- Curator Approved
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© Pierre-Paul Jouve