Quai de la Seine, Notre Dame en Hivre
Quai de la Seine, Notre Dame en Hivre
Edouard Cortes
French, 1882 - 1969
Oil on Canvas
26 x 37 in. (66.0 x 94.0 cm)
One of Cortès's most majestic subjects, this large and commanding canvas depicts the Quai de la Seine on a hushed winter morning, Notre Dame's soaring spire rising through bare snow-laden trees into a pale, wintry sky. Electric trams glide along the boulevard as bundled figures navigate the freshly fallen snow, their silhouettes anchoring the foreground against the luminous middle distance. The warm glow of street lamps and tram lights flickers across the snow with extraordinary delicacy, creating a tension between the chill of the winter air and the enveloping warmth of the city's light. At 26 x 37 inches, this is a work of exceptional scale and ambition — one of the finest and most evocative examples of Cortès's winter Paris subjects to come to market.
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