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Inscription

upper right: Picasso / 22

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Provenance

Purchased from the artist by Yvon Helft, Paris.[1] (Paul P. Rosenberg et Cie., Paris); sold 5 June 1930 to Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York; bequest 1963 to NGA.

[1] Provenance compiled from information in NGA curatorial records.

Exhibition History

1931
A Group of Twentieth Century Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection, Department of Fine Arts, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, 1931, no. 4, repro. frontispiece
1931
Picasso-Braque-Léger, Museum of French Art, New York, 1931, no. 7.
1938
Contemporary Movements in European Painting, Toledo Museum of Art, 1938, no. 83, repro.
1943
Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection, Art Institute of Chicago, 1943-1952 (extended loan), unnumbered catalogue, repro. p. 50
1952
Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1952, no. 53, repro.
1965
The Chester Dale Bequest, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965, unnumbered checklist.
2010
From Impressionism to Modernism: The Chester Dale Collection, National Gallery of Art, January 2010-January 2012, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

Bibliography

1942
Zervos, Christian. Pablo Picasso. 33 vols. Paris, 1942-: 4(1951): no. 396, pl. 165.
1943
Dale 1943a, 50, repro.
1952
Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1952 (2nd ed., 1960; rev. ed., 1965): 53, repro.
1960
Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1960 (2nd ed.): 55, repro.
1965
Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 101
1965
Twentieth Century French Paintings & Sculpture of the French School in the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965 (rev. ed.): 74, repro.
1968
European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1968: 90, repro.
1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 264, repro.
1984
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 608, no. 943, color repro.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 305, repro.

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