LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

39.37 in. (100.00 cm.) (height) by 25.67 in. (65.20 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed 'Marcoussis' (lower left)

Exhibited:

Paris, Palais de Bois (Porte Maillot), Salon des Tuileries, 1924, no. 1036.

Literature:

W. George, L'Amour de l'Art, 1 May 1924, pp. 334-336. Comœdia, 29 June 1924. J. Lafranchis, Marcoussis, Sa vie, son œuvre, catalogue complet des peintures, fixé sur verre, aquarelles, dessins, gravures, Paris, 1961, no. P.52, p. 246 (illustrated). Exh. cat., Graphic Modernism: Selections from the Francey and Dr. Martin L. Gecht Collection at The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 2003, p. 176.

Provenance:

Ronald Davis, Paris, by whom commissioned from the artist in 1924. Camille Marie Josephine Morel, Paris, by descent from the above in 1931, until at least 1961. Acquired by the present owner in the 1980s.