JEAN METZINGER (1883-1956)

Details

JEAN METZINGER (1883-1956)

Nature morte à la carafe

signed lower right 'J Metzinger'--signed again, dated and titled on the reverse 'Metzinger Janvier 1914 (sic) Nature morte' --oil on canvas
32 x 23 5/8 in. (81 x 60 cm.)
Painted in 1918

Provenance

Galerie L'Effort Moderne (Léonce Rosenberg), Paris
Mme. Simon Heller, Paris
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by Mr. and Mrs. Ralph F. Colin on April 10, 1955

Exhibited

Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Le Cubisme 1907-1914, Jan.-April, 1953, no. 197 (dated 1914)
New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, Selection of French Art 1906-1954, Feb.-April, 1955
New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., The Colin Collection, April-May, 1960, no. 54 (illustrated)

Lot Essay

The artist dated this painting of 1918 'Janvier 1914' so that it could be included in the 1953 exhibition Le Cubisme 1907-1914.

Mrs. Bozena Nikiel will include this painting in her forthcoming Metzinger catalogue raisonné.