# Les Andelys, Côte d'Aval

- By: Paul Signac (French, 1863-1935)
- Date: 1886
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: 60 × 92 cm (23 5/8 × 36 1/4 in.); Framed: 77.5 × 109.6 × 6.4 cm (30 1/2 × 43 1/8 × 2 1/2 in.)
- Culture: France
- Credit line: Through prior gift of William Wood Prince
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/122130)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/43fcfad0-8256-4923-9f9c-03ca90417907/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This view of the harbor of Les Andelys, a village on the Seine River near Giverny, France, is part of Paul Signac’s first series of works painted in dots and dashes of contrasting colors. The technique, called pointillism, was originated by Signac’s friend Georges Seurat. Signac would prove to be the most ardent proponent of this style, which he made his own through particular attention to geometric form. Here, for example, a triangular patch of blue creates a curve in the river, while an expanse of trapezoids in the background defines the cultivated hill.

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