LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

28.62 in. (72.70 cm.) (height) by 18.11 in. (46.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

indistinctly signed Soutine (upper right)

Exhibited:

Boston, Institute of Modern Art, Soutine, 1945, no. 41 New York, The Museum of Modern Art & Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Soutine, 1950-51, illustrated in the catalogue (as dating from 1929) Palm Beach, The Society of the Four Arts, Soutine, 1952, no. 26 New York, Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, Inc., International Expressionism, 1968, no. 63, illustrated in the catalogue (as dating from 1929) New York, Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., Chaim Soutine 1893-1943, 1973, no. 57, illustrated in the catalogue (as dating from circa 1928) Montrouge, Centre Culturel et Artistique, XXXIe Salon, 1986, no. 20 Tokyo, Odakyu Museum; Nara, Nara Sogo Museum of Art; Ibaraki, Kasama Nichido Museum of Art & Hokkaido, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Chaim Soutine, Centenary Exhibition, 1992-93, no. 62, illustrated in color in the catalogue Lugano, Museo d’Arte Moderna, Chaim Soutine, 1995, no. 69, illustrated in color in the catalogue

Literature:

Elie Faure, Soutine, Paris, 1929, no. 25, illustrated (titled Le Chasseur and as dating from 1928) Maximilien Gauthier, Art Vivant, Paris, 15th May 1930, p. 417 Mademoiselle Garde, ‘Mes Années Soutine’, in L’Œil, no. 13, January 1956, illustrated p. 31 Pierre Courthion, Soutine, peintre du déchirant, Paris, 1972, no. D, illustrated p. 269 (titled Le Valet de chambre (Le Chasseur) and as dating from 1928) R. Martin, ‘Chaim Soutine’, in Arts Magazine, New York, vol. 48, no. 1, September-October 1973, illustrated p. 51 Maurice Tuchman, Esti Dunow & Klaus Perls, Chaïm Soutine, Catalogue Raisonné, Cologne, 1993, vol. II, no. 96, illustrated in color p. 656

Provenance:

Pierre Loeb, Paris Mr & Mrs Bernard J. Reis, New York (acquired by 1945) Philippe Reichenbach, Geneva (acquired by 1981) Private Collection, Switzerland (acquired from the above) Sale: Phillips, de Pury & Luxembourg, New York, 7th May 2001, lot 37 Purchased at the above sale by the present owner