Albert Marquet

Marquet Collection
Knoedler & Co., New York

Zurich, Kunsthaus, Gedächtnis-Ausstellung Albert Marquet, 1948, no. 9
Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne, Albert Marquet, 1948, no. 7
Paris, Grand Palais, 50^e Salon d'automne, 1958,  no. 8
Nancy, Musée des Beaux-Arts; Metz, Musée, Exposition Albert Marquet, 1959, no. 6
New York, Knoedler Gallery, Marquet, 1964, no. 8
Kyoto, Municipal Museum & Tokyo, Isetan Museum of Art, From Goya to Wyeth. The Joan Whitney Payson Collection, 1980, no. 48, illustrated in the catalogue

Francis Jourdain, Marquet, Paris, 1959, illustrated p. 165

Canvas is lined. There is a thin web of stable craquelure throughout, particularly in the upper background and in the figure at the center of the composition. There is minor frame abrasion visible along the edges, mostly the bottom and left edges. The surface is somewhat dirty. Under UV light: no inpainting is apparent. Overall the work is in good condition.
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