National Gallery of Art :: The Collection :: Fantômas
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lower left: Juan Gris / 8-1915

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Provenance

Acquired 1915 from the artist by (Galerie "L'Effort Moderne"/Léonce Rosenberg, Paris).[1] Earl Horter [1880-1940], Philadelphia, by 1929-1930;[2] purchased 25 June 1936 by Elizabeth Lentz Keim [later Mrs. Earl Horter, 1900-1985], Philadelphia;[3] sold by 1958 to Heinz Berggruen, Paris, until at least 1966.[4] Horst Pavel, Bad Homburg, Germany.[5] (Galerie Nathan, Zurich), by 1974;[6] purchased 1976 by NGA.

[1] The painting was Rosenberg stock number 5326. This information and the date acquired by Léonce Rosenberg comes from Juan Gris, exh. cat., Salas Pablo Ruiz Picasso, Madrid, 1985: 184.

[2] Research for the 1999 exhibition Mad for Modernism: Earl Horter and His Collection, organized by the Philadelphia Museum of Art, has not found firm evidence to document the purchase by Horter. The organizers of the exhibition believe the painting might have been purchased after it was reproduced in the "Bulletin de L'Effort Moderne" in June 1927. It was known to have been in Horter's possession by 1929-1930, when it was photographed with his collection in his house. (Information provided in letter of 6 February 1998 from Greer Pagano, Philadelphia Museum of Art, in NGA curatorial files)

[3] The Horter collection, including Fantômas, was shown at the Philadelhia Museum of Art 17 February to 13 March 1934. The painting was placed on loan to the museum on 11 February 1935, and remained on loan after Elizabeth Lentz Keim purchased the painting along with other paintings from the Horter collection. Earl Horter and Elizabeth Lentz Keim were married on 22 April 1938. Fantômas remained on loan to the museum until 10 December 1956. (Letter of 6 February 1998 cited in note 2)

[4] Berggruen lent the painting to the 1958 exhibition organized by The Museum of Modern Art and the 1965-1966 exhibition in Dortmund and Cologne. It is not clear if the painting was owned by Mr. Berggruen personally, or as stock in his gallery.

[5] The ownership by Pavel is given in the 1985 exhibition catalogue cited in note 1.

[6] Galerie Nathan lent the painting to the 1974 exhibitions in Paris and Baden-Baden.

Exhibition History

1932
Juan Gris, Marie Harriman Gallery, New York, 1932, no. 6, as Composition.
1934
The Earl Horter Collection, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1934, no cat.
1935
Loan to display with permanent collection, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1935-1956.
1939
Juan Gris Retrospective, Arts Club of Chicago, 1939, no. 14.
1948
A Retrospective Exhibition of the Work of Juan Gris 1887-1927, Cincinnati Art Museum (organized by The Cincinnati Modern Art Society), 1948, no. 14, as Still Life.
1948
Picasso, Gris, Miro: The Spanish Masters of Twentieth Century Painting, San Francisco Museum of Art; Portland Art Museum, Oregon, 1948, no. 27, repro., as Still Life.
1958
Juan Gris, Museum of Modern Art, New York; Minneapolis Institute of Arts; San Francisco Museum of Art; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1958, unnumbered, repro. 58, as Still Life (shown only in New York).
1965
Juan Gris, Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund; Cologne, 1965-1966, no. 34, repro.
1974
Juan Gris, Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, Germany, 1974, no. 34, repro., as Pfeife und Zeitung (Pipe and Journal).
1974
Juan Gris, Orangerie des Tuileries, Paris, 1974, no. 43, repro., as Nature Mort (Fantomas).
1975
Juan Gris, Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris, 1975, no. 43, repro. (listed in 1985 exh. cat., but may be the 1974 exhibition)
1978
Aspects of Twentieth-Century Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978-1979, no. 22, repro.
1980
Loan to display with permanent collection, Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, 1980.
1983
Juan Gris, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; University Art Museum, Berkeley; The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1983-1984, no. 36, repro.
1985
Juan Gris, Salas Pablo Ruiz Picasso, Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, 1985, no. 39, repro.
1990
High and Low: Modern Art and Pop Culture, Museum of Modern Art, New York; Art Institute of Chicago; Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, 1990-1992, no. 144, as Fantômas (Pipe and Newspaper).
1999
Mad for Modernism: Earl Horter and His Collection, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1999, pl. 18, repro.
2005
Juan Gris: Paintings and Drawings 1910-1927 (Juan Gris: Pinturas y dibujos, 1910-1927), Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, 2005, no. 57, repro.

Bibliography

1984
Walker, 616, no. 950, color repro.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 191, repro.
1990
Varnedoe, Kirk and Adam Gopnik. High and Low: Modern Art and Popular Culture. New York, 1990: 127, fig. 144.
2004
Hand, John Oliver. National Gallery of Art: Master Paintings from the Collection. Washington and New York, 2004: 412-413, no. 344, color repro.

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