沙伊姆·蘇丁

喬治·希克，巴黎

珀爾斯畫廊，紐約（1948年購得）

悉尼·M·休恩伯格，聖路易

E.·V·陶公司，紐約（約1975年購得）

史提芬·阿恩，紐約

珀爾斯畫廊，紐約

菲利普·雷申巴克，日內瓦

私人收藏（1980年代購自上述藏家並售出：倫敦蘇富比，2006年6月19日，拍品編號24）

A·阿弗烈·陶博曼購自上述拍賣

巴黎，法國畫廊，「蘇丁」，1945年，品號28

紐約，珀爾斯畫廊，「珀爾斯畫廊收藏之現代法國油畫」，1948年，品號110，圖錄載圖
巴黎，「第三十屆蒙魯沙龍」，1986年，品號18

東京，小田大畫廊；奈良，奈良崇光美術館；茨城縣，笠間日動美術館及北海道，北海道立近代美術館，「沙伊姆·蘇丁，十週年展覽」，1992-93年，品號65，圖錄彩色載圖

盧加諾 ，現代藝術博物館，「沙伊姆·蘇丁」，1995年，品號70，圖錄彩色載圖

皮耶·庫爾蒂翁，《畫家蘇丁》，巴黎，1972年，品號D，第262頁載圖

莫里斯·塔奇曼，埃斯蒂·杜諾與克勞斯·珀爾斯，《沙伊姆·蘇丁—圖錄全集》，科隆，1993年，卷II，品號125，第695頁彩色載圖

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La femme en rouge sur fond bleu of circa 1928 exemplifies Soutine’s portraiture style after 1922, characterised by the highly expressive, dramatic use of color and the distortion of the sitter’s body. The vast majority of Soutine’s human images are single portraits, usually seated figures, half or three-quarter-length. While the male sitters are almost all young men or boys wearing some type of uniform – pastry cooks, choir boys and waiters – the women are not so easily identified. In the present portrait of an unidentified woman Soutine models her face through the interaction of red and blue which is echoed in the stark contrasts between the red dress and deep blue background. A certain confrontational quality characteristic of Soutine’s portraits is present in La femme en rouge sur fond bleu, achieved not only through energetic brushstrokes and the striking color scheme but also through the positioning of the subject close to the picture plane and the flattening of the perspective.

In discussing the present work, Maïthé Vallès-Bled commented: "The model’s beautiful red dress and jewellery would lead one to suppose that she is an actress or a singer. She may also have been a guest in one of the grand hotels that the artist sometimes visited. His taste for beautiful clothes, which is not apparent in any of his previous works, now comes to the fore in some of his portraits. Soutine, who but a few years prior to this had lived in conditions of poverty and neglect, now began to cultivate his appearance. He wore clothes by the finest designers, loved to wear hats and even had his hands regularly manicured. The model’s pose is elegant and her hair is painted with great care" (M. Vallès-Bled, in Chaïm Soutine [exhibition catalogue], op. cit., 1995, p. 173).