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Curatorial Narrative In the twilight hours of World War II, Albert Marquet’s “Brume sur les coteaux d’Alger” distills the essence of a Mediterranean landscape, capturing the soft luminescence of dawn on the outskirts of Algiers. Executed in 1944-45, this work embodies the quietude and introspection characteristic of Marquet’s wartime oeuvre. His brushwork is at once expressive and restrained, imbuing the painting with an ethereal quality that dissolves boundaries between subject and viewer. The artist’s deliberate use of blue undertones sets the tone for a melancholic yet serene atmosphere, as if the very mist itself has taken on a life of its own. As we consider “Brume sur les coteaux d’Alger” at an enlarged scale of 59×44, its compositional structure and palette reveal an intricate spatial rhythm. The soft blues and greens evoke a sense of depth, while the strategic placement of yellow accents imbues the composition with a moder