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JEAN METZINGER (1883-1956)

Lot 60
19.11.2024 00:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 60 | JEAN METZINGER (1883-1956)
Estimate value
$ 1 000 000 – 1 500 000
JEAN METZINGER (1883-1956)
Tête de femme
signed 'J.Metzinger' (upper right)
oil on canvas
28 ¾ x 21 ¼ in. (73 x 54.1 cm.)
Painted circa 1914




Provenance

John Quinn, New York (acquired from the Society of Independent Artists, Inc., New York, 1 April 1920); Estate sale, American Art Association, Inc., New York, 11 February 1927, lot 500A.
Dr. Phoebus Aaron Theodor Levene, New York (acquired at the above sale, then by descent until at least 1988).
Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 30 November 1993, lot 138.
Private collection, Sydney (acquired at the above sale); sale, Christie's, London, 18 June 2007, lot 25.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.



Literature

W. Pach, "Modern Art Today" in Harper's Weekly, vol. LXII, no. 3097, 29 April 1916, p. 470 (illustrated).
D. Braddon-Mitchell and F. Jackson, Philosophy of Mind and Cognition, Oxford, 1996 (illustrated thrice on the cover).



Exhibited

New York, Montross Gallery, Exhibition of Pictures by Jean Crotti, Marcel Duchamp, Albert Gleizes, Jean Metzinger, April 1916, no. 55.
New York, The Waldorf Astoria, Fourth Annual Exhibition of The Society of Independent Artists, March-April 1920, no. 526.
Northampton, Massachusetts, Smith College Museum of Art (on loan, 1966).
Wellesley College Art Museum, Jewett Art Center, Cubist Works, November-December 1967.
Northampton, Massachusetts, Smith College Museum of Art (on intermittent loan, 1974-1988).
Washington, D.C., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, "The Noble Buyer:" John Quinn, Patron of the Avant-Garde, June-September 1978, p. 148 and 174 no. 53a.
Iowa City, The University of Iowa Museum of Art; Austin, University of Texas, Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery; The University of Chicago, David and Alfred Smart Gallery and Pittsburgh, Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Jean Metzinger in Retrospect, August 1985-May 1986, p. 62, no. 61 (illustrated; dated 1916-1917).
Artist:Jean Metzinger (1883 - 1956)
Applied technique:Oil on canvas
Art style:Cubism
Genre:Portrait
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
Auction house category:Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings
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