Details
Roger de La Fresnaye (1885-1925)
L'homme au bras tendu
signed and dated 'la Fresnaye 25' (lower left)
sanguine, chalk and ink wash on paper
12 3/4 x 10 1/2 in. (32.2 x 26.5 cm.)
Executed in 1925
Provenance
Jacques Dubourg, Paris.
Bela Hein, Paris.
Private collection, Lille.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
W. George, Dessins et gouaches (1919-1925) de Roger de La Fresnaye, Paris, 1927 (illustrated pl. 29).
J. Cassou & P. Jaccottet, Le dessin français au XXe siècle, Lausanne, 1951, p. 113.
G. Seligman, Roger de La Fresnaye, Neuchâtel, 1969, no. 599, p. 267 (illustrated).
M. Charzat, Roger de La Fresnaye: Une peinture libre comme l’air, Paris, 2017 (illustrated p. 203).
Exhibited
Lyon, Musée de Lyon, Roger de La Fresnaye, 1951, no. 63.
Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, 150 ans de dessins, 1952-1953.
Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Le dessin de Toulouse-Lautrec aux cubistes, June - October 1954, no. 87.
Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, De Toulouse-Lautrec à Chagall: Dessins, aquarelles, gouaches, March - April 1956, no. 80.
Tokyo, Musée National, Art français au Japon, November 1961 - January 1962, no. 402 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Kyoto, Municipal Museum of Art, January - March 1962.
Sale room notice
Please note that this work has been requested for inclusion in the following exhibition:
Villefranche-sur-Saône, Musée Paul Dini, Roger de La Fresnaye: La tentation du cubisme, 14 October 2018 - 10 February 2019.
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