Woman with a Hat
1906
Artist, French, 1876 - 1958

Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
Donated by Lolo Sarnoff in memory of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert von Hirsch
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Dimensions
overall: 56.5 × 47.6 cm (22 1/4 × 18 3/4 in.)
framed: 75.57 × 66.36 × 7.94 cm (29 3/4 × 26 1/8 × 3 1/8 in.) -
Accession
1981.84.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Sold May 1906 by the artist to Ambroise Vollard [1867-1939], Paris; sold to (Galerie de l'Élysée [Jean Metthey], Paris); sold c.1950 to (Galerie Lucien Bourdon, Paris);[1] sold January 1951 to (Sidney Janis Gallery, New York); sold November 1951 to Baron [1883-1977] and Mrs. Robert von Hirsch, Basel;[2] gift to his step-daughter, Mrs. Lili-Charlotte Sarnoff, Bethesda, Maryland; gift (partial and promised) 1981 to NGA; gift completed 2015.
[1] Letters from Galerie Lucien Bourdon dated 7 August 1986 and 12 February 1987 confirm that the painting was acquired by them from Metthey on the rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, Paris (NGA curatorial records). The 2008 Vlaminck catalogue raisonné, in addition to other sources on the Fauves, identifies this gallery with the Galerie de l'Élysée, which held exhibitions of Vlaminck in 1935, 1938 and 1948.
[2] Letter from Sidney Janis Gallery dated 30 June 1986 (in NGA curatorial files).
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1953
5 Years of Janis: 5th Anniversary Exhibition, The Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, 1953, no. 55, repro.
Bibliography
1956
Sauvage, Marcel. Vlaminck, sa vie et son message. Geneva, 1956: repro. p. 20.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 428, repro.
1989
Strick, Jeremy. Twentieth Century Painting and Sculpture: Selections for the Tenth Anniversary of the East Building. Washington, D.C., 1989: 16, repro. 17.
2008
Vallès-Bled, Maïthé. Vlaminck. Paris, 2008: no. 121, repro.
Inscriptions
lower right: Vlaminck
Wikidata ID
Q20190991