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Quais de Seine en nocturne
by Armand Point
About the Artwork
Algerian-born artist Armand Point became involved in the Symbolist movement—which combined formal experimentation and imaginative subjects—while working in Paris during the 1890s. This drawing is one of many in which he represented his longtime companion and model, Hélène Linder. Here, she appears silhouetted against the brilliant reflection of setting sun on the city’s Seine River with swirling marks and bold tones that suggest the mood of the city as day transformed to night.
Inscriptions
Signed, lower left, in pastel: APoint
Provenance
c. 1890-1914: Hélène Berthelot (née Linder), Paris, France 1914–55: Hélène and Philippe Berthelot, Paris, by descent 1955-2022: Langlois-Berthelot family, Paris, 1955–2022 ?-2022: (Galerie de Bayser, Paris, France), sold to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH September 12, 2022-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Exhibition history
Nineteenth-Century French Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 20-June 11, 2023).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Armand Point (French, 1861–1932)
- Date
- c. 1890
- Medium
- pastel on gray wove paper
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 38 x 55 x 2.5 cm (14 15/16 x 21 5/8 x 1 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawing
- Department
- Drawings
- Credit line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Accession no.
- 2022.95
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00011250
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