ID 667388
Lot 357 | JEAN METZINGER (1883-1956)
Nature morte à la baguette de pain, bouteille et compotier
signed 'Metzinger' (lower left)
oil on canvas
130.5 x 89.3 cm. (51 3⁄8 x 35 1⁄8 in.)
Painted circa 1922
Provenance
Galerie de I'Effort Moderne [Léonce Rosenberg], Paris (by 1924)
Anon. sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 26 March 1990, Lot 54
Private collection, by whom acquired at the above sale
The late Bozena Nikiel confirmed the authenticity of this work
Literature
Galerie de L'Effort Moderne, Jean Metzinger, Album I, no. 374 (illustrated)
L. Rosenberg (ed.), Bulletin de I'Effort Moderne, Paris, July 1924, no.7 (illustrated, titled "Melon et compotier")
Jean Metzinger in Retrospect (exh. cat), The University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, 1985-86, p.83, no. 120 (illustrated)
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Melki, Les Cubisters, 1985
| Artist: | Jean Metzinger (1883 - 1956) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Genre: | Still life |
| Artist: | Jean Metzinger (1883 - 1956) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Genre: | Still life |
| Address of auction |
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