Woman in an Armchair

1920/1925

André Derain

Artist, French, 1880 - 1954

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Chester Dale Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 92.4 x 73.7 cm (36 3/8 x 29 in.)
    framed: 113.7 x 94.9 x 7.6 cm (44 3/4 x 37 3/8 x 3 in.)

  • Accession

    1963.10.72


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Raoul Pellequer, Paris; (his sale, Paris, 29 October 1927, no. 79); purchased by (Jos Hessel, Paris) for (Kraushaar Galleries, New York); sold 1927 to Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York;[1] bequest 1963 to NGA.
[1] Correspondence between Hessel and Kraushaar in Kraushaar Gallery Records, Archives of American Art, Series 1, Box 1 (Outgoing Correspondence) and Series 2, Box 11, Folder 33 (Incoming Correspondence).

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1928

  • Loan Exhibition of Modern French Art from the Chester Dale Collection for the Benefit of the French Hospital of New York, Wildenstein Galleries, New York, 1928, no. 6

1943

  • Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection, Art Institute of Chicago, 1943-1952 (extended loan), unnumbered catalogue, repro. p. 18

1952

  • Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1952, no. 21, repro.

1954

  • Long term loan, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1954-1958

1965

  • The Chester Dale Bequest, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965, unnumbered checklist.

Bibliography

1928

  • "An Exhibition Stretching from Cezanne to Picasso." The New York Herald Tribune. (21 October 1928): VII:10.

1929

  • Dale, Maud. Before Manet to Modigliani from the Chester Dale Collection. New York, 1929: no. 80, repro.

1943

  • Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. The Art Institute of Chicago, 1943:, 18, repro.

1952

  • Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1952 (2nd ed., 1960; rev. ed., 1965): 21, repro.

1960

  • Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1960 (2nd ed.): 23, repro.

1965

  • Twentieth Century French Paintings & Sculpture of the French School in the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965 (rev. ed.): 22, repro.

  • Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 40.

1968

  • National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 34, repro.

1975

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 102, repro.

1985

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 126, repro.

Inscriptions

lower right: a derain

Wikidata ID

Q20192350


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