Lot Essay
Maurice Tuchman and Esti Dunow will include this painting in the supplement to their Soutine catalogue raisonné.
L'Homme en prière
Details
Chaim Soutine (1894-1943)
L'Homme en prière
signed bottom left 'Soutine'
oil on canvas
35¾ x 21¼in. (90.7 x 54cm.)
Painted circa 1921
L'Homme en prière
signed bottom left 'Soutine'
oil on canvas
35¾ x 21¼in. (90.7 x 54cm.)
Painted circa 1921
Provenance
Dr. Albert C. Barnes, Merion, Pennsylvania (acquired from the artist, 1922)
George Keller
Perls Galleries, New York
Dr. and Mrs. Paul Makler, Philadelphia
Marlborough Gallery, New York
Mr. and Mrs. Alan Kallman, New York; sale, Christie's, New York, May 16, 1990, lot 389 (acquired by the present owner)
George Keller
Perls Galleries, New York
Dr. and Mrs. Paul Makler, Philadelphia
Marlborough Gallery, New York
Mr. and Mrs. Alan Kallman, New York; sale, Christie's, New York, May 16, 1990, lot 389 (acquired by the present owner)
Literature
Art International, Jan., 1974, p. 31 (illustrated in color, pl. 3) A. Werner, Soutine, New York, 1977, p. 82 (illustrated in color, pl. 9)
Exhibited
Chicago, Arts Club, Dec., 1935, no. 6
New York, Perls Galleries, Chaim Soutine, Nov.-Dec., 1953, no. 1 (illustrated)
New York, Perls Galleries, The Perls Galleries Collection of Modern French Paintings, March-May, 1954, no. 224
New York, Perls Galleries, The Perls Galleries Collection of Modern French Paintings, March-April, 1955, no. 211
Paris, Galerie Charpentier, Cent tableaux de Soutine, 1959, no. 10
London, The Arts Council of Great Britain, Chaim Soutine, Sept.-Nov., 1963, no. 10
New York, Perls Galleries, Chaim Soutine, Nov.-Dec., 1966, no. 12
Los Angeles, County Museum of Art, Chaim Soutine, Feb.-April, 1968, no. 25
Munich, Haus der Kunst, L'Expressionisme Européen, March-May, 1970, no. 65. The exhibition traveled to Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, May-July, 1970, no. 54 (illustrated).
New York, Marlborough Gallery, Inc., Chaim Soutine, Oct.-Nov., 1973, no. 6
Munich, Westfalisches Landesmuseum fur Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Soutine 1893-1943, Dec., 1981-Feb., 1982, no. 22 (illustrated in color, p. 165). The exhibition traveled to Tübingen, Kunsthalle, March-May, 1982; London, Hayward Gallery, July-Aug., 1982, and Lucerne, Kuntsmuseum, Aug.-Oct., 1982.
New York, Galleri Bellman, Soutine, Dec., 1983-Jan., 1984, no. 2 (illustrated in color, p. 27)
New York, The Jewish Museum, The Circle of Montparnasse: Jewish Artists in Paris 1905-1945, Sept., 1985-Jan., 1986, no. 101
New York, Perls Galleries, Chaim Soutine, Nov.-Dec., 1953, no. 1 (illustrated)
New York, Perls Galleries, The Perls Galleries Collection of Modern French Paintings, March-May, 1954, no. 224
New York, Perls Galleries, The Perls Galleries Collection of Modern French Paintings, March-April, 1955, no. 211
Paris, Galerie Charpentier, Cent tableaux de Soutine, 1959, no. 10
London, The Arts Council of Great Britain, Chaim Soutine, Sept.-Nov., 1963, no. 10
New York, Perls Galleries, Chaim Soutine, Nov.-Dec., 1966, no. 12
Los Angeles, County Museum of Art, Chaim Soutine, Feb.-April, 1968, no. 25
Munich, Haus der Kunst, L'Expressionisme Européen, March-May, 1970, no. 65. The exhibition traveled to Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, May-July, 1970, no. 54 (illustrated).
New York, Marlborough Gallery, Inc., Chaim Soutine, Oct.-Nov., 1973, no. 6
Munich, Westfalisches Landesmuseum fur Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Soutine 1893-1943, Dec., 1981-Feb., 1982, no. 22 (illustrated in color, p. 165). The exhibition traveled to Tübingen, Kunsthalle, March-May, 1982; London, Hayward Gallery, July-Aug., 1982, and Lucerne, Kuntsmuseum, Aug.-Oct., 1982.
New York, Galleri Bellman, Soutine, Dec., 1983-Jan., 1984, no. 2 (illustrated in color, p. 27)
New York, The Jewish Museum, The Circle of Montparnasse: Jewish Artists in Paris 1905-1945, Sept., 1985-Jan., 1986, no. 101