Oil paint on canvas
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in Midi
Bequeathed by Frank Hindley Smith 1940
architecture
countries and continents
features
France, Midi-Pyrénées
hill
landscape
places
roof
townscapes / man-made features
village
painting oil paint canvas
View in the Midi
support: 730 × 603 mm
Bequeathed by Frank Hindley Smith 1940
<p><b>Jean Marchand</b><span> 1882-1941 </span>
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<p><span><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/marchand-view-in-the-midi-n05072" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>N05072</span></a> </span><b>Pays du Midi</b><span> (View in the Midi) 1913 </span>
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<p><span>Inscribed '1913 | J. Marchand' b.r.</span>
<br/><span>Oil on canvas, 28 3/4 x 23 3/4 (73 x 60.5)</span>
<br/><span>Bequeathed by Frank Hindley Smith 1940</span>
<br/><i>Prov:</i><span>
With Léon Marseille, Paris (purchased from the artist); with Independent Gallery, London; Frank Hindley Smith, Southport </span>
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<p><span>This picture has been known in recent years as 'Red Roofs', but has a torn label on the back with the title 'Pays du Midi'. Léon Marseille described it in a letter of 15 June 1954 as a view of the outskirts of Céret (Pyrenées-Orientales), but as Céret is considerably further inland from the Mediterranean, it would have to be more in the region of Collioure. On the other hand it may well show a view much further east, between Marseilles and Nice, perhaps in the neighbourhood of Ramatuelle (Var), or Biot or Villeneuve-Loubet (both Alpes-Maritimes). As these areas are now much changed, the exact spot is difficult to identify. </span>
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<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/><span>Ronald Alley, </span><i>Catalogue of the Tate Gallery's Collection of Modern Art other than Works by British Artists</i><span>, Tate Gallery and Sotheby Parke-Bernet, London 1981, p.483 </span>
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2003-07-30T00:00:00
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architecture countries and continents features France, Midi-Pyrénées hill landscape places roof townscapes / man-made features village