On this table I laid out all the documents which were used for to me to carry out this photograph. Because my project was to take a photograph of the same site as Albert Marquet, 85 years later...
Here my step:
Horizontally:
To determine the site of the painter, I intended to find a plan of establishment of the landing stage on the drawing of the port.
Stroke of luck! With the Municipal Archives, the photographs of the first photography campaign are joined together air of 1922 (either two years after the passage of the painter). On these photographs, one distinguishes very well the landing stage (to Re Island), disappeared at the beginning of the Fifties.
By assembling several photographs, I could reconstitute a large overall photograph. Now, it is easy: By observing the Marquet'painting, we can determine the "creepage distances" of the prospect for the drawing and trace them on the air sight. (in red on the photograph).
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Verticalement
To determine the height of the painter compared to the ground, it is enough to be based on the horizon. The terrace in front of the tower of the Chain offers a good reference mark to us: On the left photographs, the horizon is seen "upon" of the terrace of the tower of the Chain. Thus the photographer is located at the top of the painter. On the righ side the terrace hiding place the horizon, the photographer is lower...
here, the photographer is higher than Marquet.
there, the photographer is lower than Marquet.
Conclusions: After "in situ" visit, I concluded from it that Marquet painted its painting starting from the fourth window of the first stage of a building currently occupied by the Customs, 10 Duperré quay...
About the sunning :
On the Marquet'painting, the towers are completely with back-light. It is besides one of the charms of this painting.
I took a photograph of the towers of La Rochelle every two hours in order to be able to determine at what time Albert Marquet had made his sketch. See yourself! It was to be around sixteen hours (solar hour), that is to say around 14 hours (standard time).
