LOT DETAILS

Materials:

gouache, watercolor, colored wax crayons and charcoal on paper

Measurements:

12.60 in. (32.00 cm.) (height) by 9.17 in. (23.30 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 'R de la Fresnaye 1912' (lower right) and inscribed 'mon ami, Jean Cocteau' (center left)

Exhibited:

The Montclair Art Museum, Late XIX and Early XX Century French Masters, The John C. Whitehead Collection , April-June 1989, p. 31, no. 41 (illustrated, p. 26). New York, Achim Moeller Fine Art, The Whitehead Collection, Late 19th and 20th Century French Masters, A Collection in Progress, New York, April-May 1997, p. 156, no. 92 (illustrated in color, p. 157)

Literature:

Achim Moeller Fine Art, ed., From Daumier to Matisse, Selections from the John C. Whitehead Collection , exh. cat., Achim Moeller Fine Art, New York 2002, p. 20 (illustrated in color)

Provenance:

Private collection, Paris. Anon. sale, Sotheby’s, New York, 10 April 1987, lot 40. Acquired at the above sale by Achim Moeller Fine Art on behalf of John C. Whitehead