ID 1508000
Lot 210 | JEAN METZINGER (1883-1956)
Estimate value
$ 500 000 – 800 000
Portrait de Robert Delaunay
signed 'J. Metzinger' (upper right); signed again, dated and inscribed 'J. Metzinger MAI 1906 portrait d'un jeune mâitre encore inconnu !!!' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
25 ½ x 21 ¼ in. (64.8 x 54 cm.)
Painted in May 1906
Provenance
Robert Delaunay, Paris (gift from the artist, 1906).
F. Havemeyer, New York (by February 1937); sale, Christie's, London, 2 December 1966, lot 20.
Arthur Tooth & Sons, Ltd., London (acquired at the above sale).
Acquired from the above by the late owners, November 1967.
Literature
B. Nicolson, ed., "Notable Works of Art now on the Market" in The Burlington Magazine, December 1966, vol. CVIII, no. 765.
J. Moser, Jean Metzinger in Retrospect, exh. cat., The University of Iowa Museum of Art, 1985, p. 38, no. 9 (illustrated, p. 39).
A. Mittelmann, Jean Metzinger: Défense et promotion de l'oeuvre de l'artiste Jean Metzinger (www.jeanmetzinger.art), no. AM-06-013 (illustrated; accessed October 2025).
Exhibited
Paris, Grand Palais des Champs-Elysées, Exposition du Salon d'Automne de 1906, October-November 1906, no. 1191.
Paris, Galerie Art Vivant, Jean Metzinger 40 peintures inédites de 1910 à 1952, May-June 1952, no. 6.
| Artist: | Jean Metzinger (1883 - 1956) |
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| Art style: | Modern art |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | Jean Metzinger (1883 - 1956) |
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| Art style: | Modern art |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
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