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MARIE-FRANÇOIS FIRMIN-GIRARD (FRENCH, 1838-1921)
Le quai aux fleurs et l'hôtel de ville
signed 'FIRMIN-GIRARD' (lower right)
oil on canvas
16 x 2278 in. (40.6 x 58.1 cm.)
Painted in 1900.
Literature
P. Girard, Firmin-Girard, 1838-1921, Luchon, France, 1988, pp. 26, 59, no. 107, illustrated.
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This version of Le quai aux fleurs et l'hôtel de ville was painted as a study for another painting of the same title which was exhibited at the Exposition universelle of Paris in 1900.
We are grateful to Patrick Faucheur, great-grandson of Marie François Firmin-Girard, for confirming the authenticity of this work, which will be included in his forthcoming Firmin-Girard catalogue raisonné.

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