Nature morte devant une fenêtre

Details

PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Nature morte devant une fenêtre
signed ‘Picasso’ (lower right)
gouache and watercolour over pencil on paper
13 3/8 x 9 3/8 in. (34 x 24 cm.)
Painted in Saint-Raphaël in summer 1919

Provenance

Kleemann Galleries, New York (a half-share sold to M. Knoedler & Co., New York on 19 February 1951, inv. no. WCA1318, and reacquired on 2 October 1951).
Saidenberg Gallery, Inc., New York.
Private collection, New York, by whom acquired from the above.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Literature

C. Zervos, Pablo Picasso, vol. 3, Oeuvres de 1917 à 1919, Paris, 1949, no. 389 (illustrated pl. 131).
J. Palau i Fabre, Picasso: From the ballets to drama, 1917-1926, Barcelona, 1999, no. 505, p. 500 (illustrated p. 155; with incorrect provenance).

Exhibition

Arles, Musée Reattu, Picasso, July – September 1957, no. 39.
New York, Paul Rosenberg and Co., Picasso: an American Tribute, April – May 1962, no. 10 (illustrated).
Fort Worth Art Center Museum and Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Picasso, February – March 1967, no. 175, p. 102.
New York, Saidenberg Gallery Inc., Homage to Picasso, October 1971, no. 24, p. 34 (illustrated).