1995 - Notre-Dame de la Garde, Port de Marseille        65 x 81 cm (26 x 32 in.)
          Notre-Dame de la Garde, Marseilles Harbor         F 43 25 F

Allauch, the Proven�al village where Pierrette lived and that MAX-AGOSTINI had come to adopt, is situated about fifteen kilometers from Marseilles. Max drove "down" there from time to time, especially to pick up his tubes of paint, his paintbrushes, and his canvases. The store where he bought his supplies was on the Rue de la R�publique, not far from the Sadi-Carnot Square. In the latter years Max, who found it more and more difficult to put up with all the noise and the traffic of the big city, had organized a personal delivery service. He would call in his order to the shopkeeper who would prepare the supplies and, after work, would take them back to his house, not far from Allauch, where Max would go in the evening to pick them up. Max and Pierrette sometimes came into Marseilles to have dinner at Caruso's on the Vieux-Port. This view of the sunset on the sailboats in the harbor, with the Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde church in the background, was perhaps taken from this restaurant.

Allauch, le village proven�al o� Pierrette habitait, et que MAX-AGOSTINI avait adopt�, se situe � une quinzaine de kilom�tres de Marseille. Max "descendait" en ville de temps en temps en voiture, surtout pour chercher ses tubes de peintures, ses pinceaux et brosses, et ses toiles. Le magasin o� il se servait, se trouvait dans la rue de la R�publique, pas loin de la Place Sadi-Carnot. Les derni�res ann�es, Max, qui supportait de plus en plus difficilement tout le bruit et la circulation de la grande m�tropole, avait organis� un syst�me tr�s personnel de livraison: Il t�l�phonait sa commande au propri�taire du magasin qui pr�parait les fournitures, et apr�s le travail, le marchand les ramenait chez lui, pas loin d'Allauch, o� Max allait les chercher dans la soir�e. Max et Pierrette venaient d�ner quelquefois � Marseille, chez Caruso, sur le Vieux-Port. Cette vue du coucher de soleil sur les voiliers dans le port, avec l'�glise Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde au fond, a peut-�tre �t� prise de ce restaurant.