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Details
Jean Metzinger (1883-1956)
Paysage
signed 'Metzinger' (lower left)
oil on canvas
21 1/8 x 28 3/4 in. (53.7 x 73 cm.)
Painted circa 1917-1921
Paysage
signed 'Metzinger' (lower left)
oil on canvas
21 1/8 x 28 3/4 in. (53.7 x 73 cm.)
Painted circa 1917-1921
Provenance
Léonce Rosenberg, Paris, by 1922.
Dr. Henry Roland, London, by whom acquired in October 1949, and thence by descent; sale, Sotheby's, London, 1 April 1987, lot 182.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Dr. Henry Roland, London, by whom acquired in October 1949, and thence by descent; sale, Sotheby's, London, 1 April 1987, lot 182.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
W. George, "Jean Metzinger", in L'Espirit nouveau, Paris, no. 15, 15 February 1922 (illustrated).
(exh. cat.) Jean Metzinger in Retrospect, no. 161, p. 46 (illustrated p. 99); this exhibition later travelled to, Austin, Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, University of Texas; Chicago, The David and Alfred Smart Gallery, The University of Chicago, and Pittsburgh, Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute.
(exh. cat.) Jean Metzinger in Retrospect, no. 161, p. 46 (illustrated p. 99); this exhibition later travelled to, Austin, Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, University of Texas; Chicago, The David and Alfred Smart Gallery, The University of Chicago, and Pittsburgh, Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute.
Exhibited
York, City Art Gallery, Collection of Works by English and Foreign Modern Artists, March 1950; this exhibition later
travelled to Newcastle, Hatton Gallery, April-May 1950; Leicester, Museum and Art Gallery, June-July 1950; Brighton, Art Gallery, September 1950.
London, Hampstead Artists' Council, Modern Painting and Sculpture of the British and Continental Schools, January - February 1952, no. 27 (dated 'circa 1915').
Southampton, Art Gallery and Bournemouth College of Arts, Modern Painting and Sculpture of the British and Continental Schools, November - December 1952, no. 22.
Manchester, City Art Gallery, Heinz Roland Collection, June - August 1962, no. 66, p. 13; this exhibition later travelled to Leeds, City Art Gallery, August-October 1962.
Farnham, Wilmer House Museum, Exhibition of paintings from private Collections, 1963, no. 19.
Guildford, Festival, 32 Paintings and Drawings from the Roland Collection, May - June 1973, no. 16.
Bremen, Kunsthalle, Die Stadt: Bild, Gestalt, Vision, November 1973 - January 1974, no. 42.
Birmingham, City Museum and Art Gallery, Forty Pictures from the Roland Collection, April 1974, no. 22; this exhibition later travelled to Farnham, West Surrey College of Art and Design, November-December 1975, no. 32.
Folkestone, Arts Center, Roland Collection, March - May 1975, no. 44.
London, Camden Arts Centre, The Roland Collection, September - October 1976, no. 74.
Edinburgh, Scottish Arts Council, Eighty Works from the Roland Collection, November - December 1976, no. 20, p. 4; this exhibition later travelled to Rye, Art Gallery, 1977, no. 23; Portsmouth, City Museum and Art Gallery, 1977, no. 24; Rochdale, Art Gallery, July 1978.
London, Courtauld Institute, Works from the Roland Collection, 1979, no. 25, p. 24 (illustrated p. 36); this exhibition later travelled to Norwich, Sainsbury Center for visual Arts, 1979; York, City Art Gallery, 1979; Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, 1979; Milton, Keynes Central, 1979; Plymouth, City Museum and Art Gallery, 1979.
Jarrow, Bede Gallery, 60 Works from the Roland Collection, 1980-1981, April - May 1980, no. 27, p. 9; this exhibition later travelled to Newcastle, Polytechnic Art Gallery; Bury St. Edmund's, Art Gallery; Guildford, University of Surrey; London, University of London Arts Centre.
Harlow, Playhouse Gallery, Roland Collection, October - November 1981.
Reading, University Art Gallery, Roland Collection, June 1984, no. 15.
Edinburgh, Scottish National Gallery and Modern Art, One Man's Choice, 1985, no. 53, p. 14 (illustrated).
travelled to Newcastle, Hatton Gallery, April-May 1950; Leicester, Museum and Art Gallery, June-July 1950; Brighton, Art Gallery, September 1950.
London, Hampstead Artists' Council, Modern Painting and Sculpture of the British and Continental Schools, January - February 1952, no. 27 (dated 'circa 1915').
Southampton, Art Gallery and Bournemouth College of Arts, Modern Painting and Sculpture of the British and Continental Schools, November - December 1952, no. 22.
Manchester, City Art Gallery, Heinz Roland Collection, June - August 1962, no. 66, p. 13; this exhibition later travelled to Leeds, City Art Gallery, August-October 1962.
Farnham, Wilmer House Museum, Exhibition of paintings from private Collections, 1963, no. 19.
Guildford, Festival, 32 Paintings and Drawings from the Roland Collection, May - June 1973, no. 16.
Bremen, Kunsthalle, Die Stadt: Bild, Gestalt, Vision, November 1973 - January 1974, no. 42.
Birmingham, City Museum and Art Gallery, Forty Pictures from the Roland Collection, April 1974, no. 22; this exhibition later travelled to Farnham, West Surrey College of Art and Design, November-December 1975, no. 32.
Folkestone, Arts Center, Roland Collection, March - May 1975, no. 44.
London, Camden Arts Centre, The Roland Collection, September - October 1976, no. 74.
Edinburgh, Scottish Arts Council, Eighty Works from the Roland Collection, November - December 1976, no. 20, p. 4; this exhibition later travelled to Rye, Art Gallery, 1977, no. 23; Portsmouth, City Museum and Art Gallery, 1977, no. 24; Rochdale, Art Gallery, July 1978.
London, Courtauld Institute, Works from the Roland Collection, 1979, no. 25, p. 24 (illustrated p. 36); this exhibition later travelled to Norwich, Sainsbury Center for visual Arts, 1979; York, City Art Gallery, 1979; Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, 1979; Milton, Keynes Central, 1979; Plymouth, City Museum and Art Gallery, 1979.
Jarrow, Bede Gallery, 60 Works from the Roland Collection, 1980-1981, April - May 1980, no. 27, p. 9; this exhibition later travelled to Newcastle, Polytechnic Art Gallery; Bury St. Edmund's, Art Gallery; Guildford, University of Surrey; London, University of London Arts Centre.
Harlow, Playhouse Gallery, Roland Collection, October - November 1981.
Reading, University Art Gallery, Roland Collection, June 1984, no. 15.
Edinburgh, Scottish National Gallery and Modern Art, One Man's Choice, 1985, no. 53, p. 14 (illustrated).
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