Still Life
1913
Artist, French, 1880 - 1954
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 73.4 x 92.4 cm (28 7/8 x 36 3/8 in.)
framed: 97.8 x 115.2 cm (38 1/2 x 45 3/8 in.) -
Accession
1963.10.131
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
From the artist to (Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler [1884-1979], Paris); sequestered by French government during World War I and sold by the government at (Kahnweiler sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 17-18 November 1921);[1] purchased by Jacques Antoine Doucet, Paris. Marcel Coard [1889-1975], Paris; sold 7 December 1928 through (Galerie Étienne Bignou, Paris and New York) to (Alex Reid & Lefèvre, London); [2] sold through (Etienne Bignou) 29 May 1929 to Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York; bequest 1963 to NGA.
[1] Four sales of the stock from the Kahnweiler gallery were held: 13 June 1921, 17 November 1921, 4 July 1922 and 7 May 1923. Two Derain paintings titled "Nature morte" and with identical descriptions matching the Chester Dale picture, were included in the 17 November 1921 sale (nos. 64 and 67).
[2] Letter dated 22 June 1929 from Bignou sending picture to London (Lefevre archives, Hyman Kreitman Research Centre, Tate Britain, London, TGA 2002/11, Box 218). Reid & Lefèvre Paintings Sold, sheet no. 141, #260/28 gives acquisition source and sale information (Lefèvre archives, Hyman Kreitman Research Centre, Tate Britain, London, TGA 2002/11, Box 283).
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1930
"La Nature Morte" from Chardin to the Abstract, Wildenstein Galleries, New York, January 1930, no. 16.
Works by Derain, M. Knoedler & Co., New York, April 1930, no. 3, repro., as La Table Garnie.
1931
A Group of Twentieth Century Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection, Department of Fine Arts, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, 1931, no. 3.
1932
Derain--Vlaminck. Comparative Exhibition, Museum of French Art, French Institute in the United States, New York, 1932, no. 15.
1940
Possibly Origins of Modern Art, The Arts Club of Chicago, 1940, no. 27, as Kitchen Table (but catalogue says loaned by Mr. and Mrs. William Averell Harriman, not Chester Dale).
1943
Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection, Art Institute of Chicago, 1943-1952 (extended loan), unnumbered catalogue, repro. p. 20.
1952
Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1952, no. 19, repro.
1965
The Chester Dale Bequest, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965, unnumbered checklist.
Bibliography
1932
Cortissoz, Royal. "Derain's Role in a Hectic Group." The New York Herald Tribune (28 February 1932): section VII, 9.
1943
Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. The Art Institute of Chicago, 1943:, 20, repro.
1952
Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1952 (2nd ed., 1960; rev. ed., 1965): 19, repro.
1960
Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1960 (2nd ed.): 21, repro.
1965
Twentieth Century French Paintings & Sculpture of the French School in the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965 (rev. ed.): 20, repro.
Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 41.
1968
National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 33, repro.
1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 104, repro.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 127, repro.
1992
Kellermann, Michel. André Derain, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint. Vol. 1, 1895-1914. Paris, 1992: no. 328, 201, repro., as Nature Morte, Pain et Fruits.
Inscriptions
lower right: a derain
Wikidata ID
Q20191766