Jean-Baptiste OLIVE (Marseille, 1848 - 1936) Marseilles: entrance to the port of La Joliette Oil on panel, one plate Signed and dated 'JB. Olive 1911' lower left Countersigned with the initial 'O' and bears the artist's stamp in red wax on the reverse 31.5 x 41.0 cm Provenance: Anonymous sale; Paris, Hôtel Drouot, Me Francis Briest, 26 June 1995, no. 41 ; Collection Jacques et Michèle Ginepro (collection mark affixed several times on verso); Then by descent; Private collection, Monaco Bibliography: Franck Baille and Magali Raynaud, Jean-Baptiste Olive. Prisme de Lumière, Marseille, 2008, p. 176, no. 252, repr. Jean-Baptiste OLIVE (Marseille, 1848 - 1936) 31.5 x 41.0 cm