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BIRTH OF THE MODERN: THE ARNOLD AND JOAN SALTZMAN COLLECTION
ALFRED RETH (1884-1966)
Au Café
Details
ALFRED RETH (1884-1966)
Au Café
signed and dated 'RETH. 1927' (lower left)
oil on canvas
32 x 25 ½ in. (81 x 64.9 cm.)
Painted in 1927
Au Café
signed and dated 'RETH. 1927' (lower left)
oil on canvas
32 x 25 ½ in. (81 x 64.9 cm.)
Painted in 1927
Provenance
Saidenberg Gallery, New York (by February 1959).
Joseph Faulkner, Main Street Galleries, Chicago; sale, Christie's, London, 12 December 1969, lot 36.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owners.
Joseph Faulkner, Main Street Galleries, Chicago; sale, Christie's, London, 12 December 1969, lot 36.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owners.
Literature
E. Roditi, "The Autonomous Style of Alfred Reth" in ARTS, September 1958, vol. 32, no. 10, p. 50 (illustrated; titled Paris Café Terrace).
"Kubismus-Renaissance in London" in Die Welkunst, 1 January 1958, vol. 28, no. 1, p. 12 (illustrated).
"Kubismus-Renaissance in London" in Die Welkunst, 1 January 1958, vol. 28, no. 1, p. 12 (illustrated).
Exhibited
London, Gimpel Fils, Alfred Reth, February 1959, no. 25 (illustrated).
Roslyn, Nassau County Museum of Art, Selections from the Saltzman Family Collection, July-November 2015.
Roslyn, Nassau County Museum of Art, Selections from the Saltzman Family Collection, July-November 2015.
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