Geneviève pensive

Details

FRANÇOISE GILOT (1921-2023)
Geneviève pensive
signed ‘F. Gilot’ (lower right); inscribed and dated ‘-geneviève – pensive- 1942’ (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
24 x 19 5/8 in. (61 x 50 cm.)
Painted in 1942

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner in the early 1990s.

Literature

M. Yoakum, Françoise Gilot, Monograph, 1940-2000, Lausanne, 2000, pp. 117 and 436 (illustrated p. 116).
Genius: Picasso, Episode 3, TV-series, National Geographic Channel, directed by Kevin Hooks, 2018.

Exhibition

Paris, Madeleine Decré, Françoise Gilot, 1943.
New York, Elkon Gallery, Françoise Gilot: the early years, 1940-1955, October-November 1998 (illustrated).
Collegeville, Ursinus College, Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art, Françoise Gilot, 1940-1950, Summer 2001 (illustrated).