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BIRTH OF THE MODERN: THE ARNOLD AND JOAN SALTZMAN COLLECTION
CHAIM SOUTINE (1893-1943)
La Vénitienne
Details
CHAIM SOUTINE (1893-1943)
La Vénitienne
signed 'C. Soutine' (lower right)
oil on canvas
32 x 21 5⁄8 in. (81.1 x 55 cm.)
Painted circa 1927-1928
La Vénitienne
signed 'C. Soutine' (lower right)
oil on canvas
32 x 21 5⁄8 in. (81.1 x 55 cm.)
Painted circa 1927-1928
Provenance
Paul Guillaume, Paris (probably acquired from the artist).
C.W. Kraushaar Art Galleries, New York (acquired from the above, 1930).
The Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio (acquired from the above, December 1936).
Justin K. Thannhauser, New York (acquired from the above, December 1954).
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (gift from the above); sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., New York, 21 May 1981, lot 556.
Alan and Carol Kallman, New York (by March 1982); sale, Christie's, New York, 15 November 1983, lot 78.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owners.
C.W. Kraushaar Art Galleries, New York (acquired from the above, 1930).
The Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio (acquired from the above, December 1936).
Justin K. Thannhauser, New York (acquired from the above, December 1954).
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (gift from the above); sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., New York, 21 May 1981, lot 556.
Alan and Carol Kallman, New York (by March 1982); sale, Christie's, New York, 15 November 1983, lot 78.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owners.
Literature
The Toledo Museum of Art, Catalogue of European Paintings, Toledo, 1939, p. 268 (illustrated, p. 269).
P. Courthion, Soutine: Peintre du Déchirant, Lausanne, 1972, p. 263, fig. B (illustrated, p. 262).
A Picture Book of 19th and 20th Century Masterpieces from the Thannhauser Foundation, New York, 1972, p. 82 (illustrated in color; dated 1921-1931).
V.E. Barnett, The Guggenheim Museum: Justin K. Thannhauser Collection, New York, 1978, p. 197, no. 72 (illustrated in color, p. 196; dated circa 1926).
M. Tuchman, E. Dunow and K. Perls, Chaïm Soutine: Catalogue Raisonné, Cologne, 1993, vol. II, p. 668, no. 106 (illustrated in color, p. 670).
P. Courthion, Soutine: Peintre du Déchirant, Lausanne, 1972, p. 263, fig. B (illustrated, p. 262).
A Picture Book of 19th and 20th Century Masterpieces from the Thannhauser Foundation, New York, 1972, p. 82 (illustrated in color; dated 1921-1931).
V.E. Barnett, The Guggenheim Museum: Justin K. Thannhauser Collection, New York, 1978, p. 197, no. 72 (illustrated in color, p. 196; dated circa 1926).
M. Tuchman, E. Dunow and K. Perls, Chaïm Soutine: Catalogue Raisonné, Cologne, 1993, vol. II, p. 668, no. 106 (illustrated in color, p. 670).
Exhibited
New York, C.W. Kraushaar Art Galleries, Exhibition of Modern French Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings, October 1930, no. 27 (illustrated).
San Francisco, The California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Exhibition of French Painting: From the Fifteenth Century to the Present Day, June-July 1934, no. 236 (titled Portrait of a Venetian Lady).
Buffalo, The Albright Art Gallery, The Art of Today, January 1936, no. 112.
Ohio, The Toledo Museum of Art, Portraits and Portraiture throughout the Ages Selected from the Museum's Permanent Collections, October 1937, no. 51.
West Palm Beach, The Norton Gallery and Coral Gables, University of Miami Lowe Gallery, An Exhibition of French Painting: David to Cezanne, February-April 1953, no. 41.
Münster, Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte; London, Hayward Gallery; Kunsthalle Tübingen and Kunstmuseum Luzern, Chaim Soutine: 1893-1943, August 1981-October 1982, p. 211, no. 72 (illustrated; dated 1927).
Lugano, Museo d'Arte Moderna, Chaim Soutine, March-June 1995, no. 67 (illustrated in color, p. 127).
San Francisco, The California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Exhibition of French Painting: From the Fifteenth Century to the Present Day, June-July 1934, no. 236 (titled Portrait of a Venetian Lady).
Buffalo, The Albright Art Gallery, The Art of Today, January 1936, no. 112.
Ohio, The Toledo Museum of Art, Portraits and Portraiture throughout the Ages Selected from the Museum's Permanent Collections, October 1937, no. 51.
West Palm Beach, The Norton Gallery and Coral Gables, University of Miami Lowe Gallery, An Exhibition of French Painting: David to Cezanne, February-April 1953, no. 41.
Münster, Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte; London, Hayward Gallery; Kunsthalle Tübingen and Kunstmuseum Luzern, Chaim Soutine: 1893-1943, August 1981-October 1982, p. 211, no. 72 (illustrated; dated 1927).
Lugano, Museo d'Arte Moderna, Chaim Soutine, March-June 1995, no. 67 (illustrated in color, p. 127).
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