Lot Essay
This drawing is a study for a gouache (Seligman No. 446) which de la Fresnaye painted as an illustration for Ouvert la Nuit by Paul Morand, published in 1924.
Property from the Estate of
MRS. GERMAIN SELIGMAN
ROGER DE LA FRESNAYE (1885-1925)
Details
ROGER DE LA FRESNAYE (1885-1925)
Etude pour "La Nuit Hongroise"
stamped with signature lower right R de la Fresnaye--pen, black ink and pencil on paper squared for transfer
10½ x 8¼in. (26.7 x 21cm.)
Drawn 1921-1923
Etude pour "La Nuit Hongroise"
stamped with signature lower right R de la Fresnaye--pen, black ink and pencil on paper squared for transfer
10½ x 8¼in. (26.7 x 21cm.)
Drawn 1921-1923
Provenance
André Lefèvre, Paris
Germain Seligman, New York (by descent to the late owner)
Germain Seligman, New York (by descent to the late owner)
Literature
G. Seligman, Roger de la Fresnaye with a catalogue raisonné, London. 1969, p. 238, no. 445 (illustrated)