ID 907995
Lot 52 | CHAÏM SOUTINE (1893-1943)
Estimate value
£ 2 000 000 – 3 000 000
Femme assise dans un fauteuil
signed 'Soutine' (upper right)
oil on canvas
25 5/8 x 19 5/8 in. (65 x 50 cm.)
Painted circa 1919
Provenance
Salle Aeolian, Brussels.
Charles Drost, Brussels, by whom acquired from the above on 29 October 1920.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby & Co., London, 15 April 1970, lot 53.
Roland, Browse & Delbanco, London, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Cosmondia S.A., Geneva, by whom acquired from the above in November 1972.
Galerie Yoshii, Tokyo, by December 1972.
Private collection, Japan.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, New York, 19 November 1986, lot 33.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
P. Courthion, Soutine, Peintre du déchirant, Paris, 1972, no. E, pp. 28 & 183 (illustrated p. 29; illustrated again p. 183; dated '1914' & '1917-1918').
T. Satomi, Sansai, February 1973 (illustrated).
M. Tuchman, E. Dunow & K. Perls, Chaim Soutine: Catalogue Raisonné, vol. II, Cologne, 1993, no. 28, p. 558 (illustrated p. 561).
Exhibited
Tokyo, Gallery Yoshii, Soutine: l'exposition du peintre de la fatalité, fureur passionnée, January 1973, no. 4 (illustrated pl. 4).
Takasaki, Museum of Modern Art of Gunma, L'École de Paris, October - November 1984, no. 47.
Céret, Musée d'Art Moderne de Céret, Soutine: Céret 1912-1922, June - October 2000, p. 376 (illustrated p. 377).
Cologne, Galerie Gmurzynska, The impact of Chaim Soutine de Kooning, Pollock, Dubuffet, Bacon, November - December 2001, p. 154 (illustrated).
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| Artist: | Chaïm Soutine (1893 - 1943) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
| Medium: | Canvas, Textile |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Chaïm Soutine (1893 - 1943) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
| Medium: | Canvas, Textile |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
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