Chaim Soutine

Paul Guillaume, Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (until 1928)
Dr Jacques Soubiès, Paris (from 1928; sale: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, Collection de feu le Docteur Jacques Soubiès, 13th December 1940, lot 86)
Dr Lucien Kléman, Paris (from 1959)
Private Collection, Paris
Maurice Tuchman & Esti Dunow, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Paris, Galerie de France, Rétrospective Soutine, 1894-1943, 1945, no. 13
Paris, Maison de la Pensée Française, Soutine, 1894-1943, 1956, no. 14
Paris, Galerie Charpentier, Cent Tableau de Soutine, 1959, no. 47
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Chaim Soutine, 1893-1943, 1968, no. 68, illustrated

Pierre Cabanne, "A la Galerie Charpentier: Soutine en 119 toiles", Arts, no. 728, June 24-30, 1959, p. 16, mentioned
David Shirey, "Chaim Soutine: Tormented Master of Master of Expressionism", Newsweek, 26th February 1968, pp. 58-60, mentioned
Pierre Courthion, Soutine, Peintre du Déchirant, Lausanne, 1972, illustrated, p. 250D
Maurice Tuchman, Esti Dunow & Klaus Perls, Chaim Soutine (1893-1943); Catalogue Raisonné, Werkverzeichnis, Cologne, 1993, vol. I, no. 113, illustrated p. 491

The canvas is lined. There is a nailhead-sized spot of retouching towards the centre of the upper right edge and a nailhead-sized spot of retouching towards the centre of the upper edge. There is a 2cm. sq. area of retouching towards the centre of the lower edge. All retouching is visible under UV light. Apart from an uneven varnish and some paint shrinkage to the upper centre, this work is in good condition. Colours: The colours are more vibrant (the yellow tones in particular are stronger) in the original work.
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