Jacques Majorelle (1886-1962)
Les cyprès du cimetière de Scutari, Constantinople, 1912
On the front :
Tempera on paper laid down on cardboard
Signed, dated and located on the bottom left
66,5 x 45,5 cm
On the reverse :
Étude d'un personnage en manteau
Oil on cardboard
Provenance : Private Collection, Paris
Bibliography : F. Marcilhac, A. Marcilhac, "Jacques Majorelle", Editions Norma, Paris, 2019, reproduced in color p. 206 under no. 25 and p. 217 under no. 39
The buyer will be provided with a certificate of authenticity from the cabinet Marcilhac
Note : Scutari is today in Üsküdar, one of the 39 districts of Istanbul. Majorelle made a stop there in the summer of 1912 on his way back to France during his second stay in Egypt.
This is most likely the only known painting of a view of Turkey by Jacques Majorelle.
