Lot Essay
Photo-certificate no. 5685 from Robert Martin dated Paris, September 20, 1995 accompanies this painting.
Property of
THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
Emile-Othon Friesz (1879-1949)
Details
Emile-Othon Friesz (1879-1949)
Femme nue endormie
signed and dated bottom left 'E. Othon Friesz 1921'--oil on canvas
38½ x 51¼in. (97.8 x 130.2cm.)
Femme nue endormie
signed and dated bottom left 'E. Othon Friesz 1921'--oil on canvas
38½ x 51¼in. (97.8 x 130.2cm.)
Provenance
Mrs. Sadie May, Baltimore
Himan Brown, New York (gift to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1978)
Himan Brown, New York (gift to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1978)
Exhibited
Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, L'Exposition d'Art Francais Contemporaire, 1937. The exhibition traveled to Lettaye, Musée de la Ville, 1937 and Amsterdam, Société Arti et Amicitie, 1937.
Baltimore, Museum of Art (on loan)
Pittsburgh, The Carnegie Institute (on loan)
New York, The Metropolitan Museum or Art, Recent Acquisitions, Oct.-Dec., 1979
Baltimore, Museum of Art (on loan)
Pittsburgh, The Carnegie Institute (on loan)
New York, The Metropolitan Museum or Art, Recent Acquisitions, Oct.-Dec., 1979