LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

32.13 in. (81.60 cm.) (height) by 18.70 in. (47.50 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed 'Soutine' (lower left)

Exhibited:

Paris, Petit Palais, Les Maîtres de l'art indépendant, 1895-1937 , June-October 1937, no. 51. Paris, Galerie des Beaux Arts, L'art contemporain , 1939, no. 17. Paris, Galerie de France, Rétrospective Soutine , January-February 1945, no. 27 (dated 1927). San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of Honor; New York, The Museum of Modern Art and Cleveland Museum of Art, Soutine , October 1950-March 1951, p. 113 (illustrated, p. 78; dated 1927). New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Forty Paintings from The Edward G. Robinson Collection , March-April 1953, p. 5, no. 33 (dated 1927). Los Angeles County Museum of Art and San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, The Gladys Lloyd Robinson and Edward G. Robinson Collection, September 1956-January 1957, no. 63 (illustrated; dated circa 1927). Edinburgh Arts Festival, Arts Council of Great Britain and London, Tate Gallery, Chaï m Soutine , August-November 1963, p. 23, no. 35 (illustrated, pl. 22). Beverly Hills, Paul Kantor Gallery and Frank Perls Gallery, Fifty Years of Beverly Hills , April 1964, no. 46. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Chaï m Soutine , 1968, p. 102, no. 46 (illustrated). Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya, Galerie Nichido, Les Femmes , June-July 1973, no. 21. New York, Galleri Bellman, Chaï m Soutine , December 1983-January 1984, pp. 12-13, no. 27. Musée de Chartres, Soutine , June-October 1989, p. 206, no. 40 (illustrated in color, p. 207). New York, Achim Moeller Fine Art, The Whitehead Collection: Late 19th and 20th Century French Masters: A Collection in Progress , April-May 1997, pp. 143-144, no. 86 (illustrated in color, p. 145). New York, The Jewish Museum; Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Cincinnati Art Museum, An Expressionist in Paris: The Paintings of Chaïm Soutine , April 1998-May 1999, p. 195, no. 33 (illustrated in color, p. 181, pl. 21)

Literature:

W. George, Soutine , Paris, 1928 (illustrated). T. Bernard, La Renaissance, January 1930, p. 41 (illustrated). M. Gauthier, Art Vivant , 15 May 1930, p. 417. G. Bazin, Labyrinthe , 15 March 1945, p. 9 (illustrated). R. Cogniat, Soutine , Paris, 1945, p. 36, no. 30 (illustrated; dated 1927). L. Ballard, Arts and Architecture , December 1951, p. 11. J. Lassaigne, Soutine , Paris, 1954, no. 10 (illustrated in color). F. Fels, L ’Art vivant de 1900 à nos jours, Geneva, 1956, vol. II, p. 119 (illustrated). P. D’Ancona, Modigliani, Chagall, Soutine, Pascin: Some Aspects of Expressionism , Milan, 1957, p. 64. W. George, Soutine , Paris, 1959. J. Chapiro, La Ruche , Paris, 1960, p. 86. T. Mullaly, Daily Telegraph , 20 August 1963. D. Sylvester, The Sunday Times Colour Magazine , 15 September 1963, p. 9 (illustrated in color). E.T. Dickson, Studio International , November 1963, p. 205. G. Baro, Arts , December 1963, p. 41 (illustrated). M. Castaing and J. Leymarie, Soutine , Paris, 1963, p. 24, pl. X (illustrated in color). R. Negri, L’Arte Moderna , 1967, vol. 10, no. 87, p. 217 (illustrated in color). H. Serouya, Soutine , Paris, 1967. M. Tuchman, Chaim Soutine , Los Angeles, 1968, p. 102, no. 46 (illustrated; dated circa 1924-1925). P. Courthion, Soutine . Peintre du dé chirant , Lausanne, 1972, pp. 83 and 260, fig. A (illustrated, pp. 82 and 260; dated 1926-1927). J. Lassaigne, Soutine , London, 1973, no. 7 (illustrated in color). J. Robinson, Edward G. Robinson ’ s World of Art, New York, 1975, p. 60 (illustrated in color, p. 61; dated circa 1925). A. Werner, Chaï m Soutine , New York, 1977, p. 120, no. 28 (illustrated in color, p. 121; dated circa 1925). "Chaïm Soutine, Gallerie Bellman" in Arts , December 1983, p. 44 (illustrated). G. Glueck, “Art: Three Decades of Chaïm Soutine Paintings” in The New York Times , 30 December 1983, p. C-21 (illustrated). S. Hunter and J. Jacobus, Modern Art , New York, 1985, pp. 217-218, fig. 375 (illustrated in color, p. 216). Achim Moeller Fine Art, ed., Late XIX and Early XX Century French Masters: The John C. Whitehead Collection, A Collection in Progress , New York, 1987, p. 100 (illustrated in color, p. 101). M. Tuchman, E. Dunow and K. Perls, Chaim Soutine, Catalogue Raisonné , Cologne, 2001, vol. I, p. 626, no. 76 (illustrated in color, p. 627)

Provenance:

Léopold Zbrowski, Paris (by 1928). Hugues Simon, Paris. Jos Hessel, Paris (by 1930). Galerie André Weil, Paris (by 1937). Edward G. Robinson, Beverly Hills (November 1949 and until at least 1964). Galerie Nichido, Tokyo (by 1973). Private collection, Tokyo; sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., New York, 21 May 1981, lot 554. Acquired at the above sale by Achim Moeller Fine Art on behalf of John C. Whitehead