Virtual Catalogue Raisonné

Avenue de L'Archeveche et Notre-Dame, 1918

EC00339

Avenue de L'Archeveche et Notre-Dame, 1918

Date of Work: 1918

Medium: Gouache on cardboard

Size: 11x16 1/2

Provenance: Sold: Atelier Edouard Cortes; by descent Mme.  Jacqueline Simone, daughter of the artist; with Olivier Coutau Begarie, Paris, November 7, 1997 (expert Nicole Verdier) Lot: 34; David Klein, CA 1997

Notes: "Avenue de L'Archeveche et Notre-Dame, 1918", by Edouard Cortes, is signed Ed. Cortes, lower left. The avenue leads to the Pont de l'Archeveche, which carries the distinction of being Paris's smallest road bridge, first erected in 1828 and still in frequent use today. With stunning and relatively uncommon views of Notre-Dame Cathedral, Pont de l'Archeveche is an uncrowded place to sit and watch the Seine roll by on a nice day. Look for padlocks engraved with couples' initials clamped around the wrought iron lattice of the bridge's guard rail. Note: Included in the Catalogue Raisonné for the Complete Works of Edouard Leon Cortes, Vol. I, Nicole Verdier, expert