The element of subtle color blooms forth from the painting by impressionist Henry Moret. While the peninsula point on which the Do Incheslan lighthouse is situated divides the small estuary from the more expansive fishing harbor to its south, the waterway is home here to a pair of large fishing hulls tended by men, a smaller departing sailing ship, and a person casually rowing through. Moret nicely captures the resulting confluence of the changing tides with the marshy edges leading to heavier rock. Hearty flora shows the emergence of early spring colors and the grass covered headland.
The lighthouse still stands, with its green-red stacked internal signals, regulating the upstream traffic and surrounded on the cliffs with residences with spectacular views of the open Atlantic Ocean. It adds a compositional strength to the soft backwater vantage point Moret chose, serving as humanity's notice that it will respect and challenge the elements.
The label of the original art agent, Arthur Lenars of Paris, survives verso, with an exhibition number of 7558 and title from the Galerie Durand-Ruel period, as well as a third typewritten label with the location's name as ‘Doueollan'.
Provenance: Galerie Durand-Ruel, ParisThis work is to be included in the catalog raisonne by Jean-Yves Rolland.
