Auguste Herbin (1882-1960)
Auguste Herbin (1882-1960)

Composition

Details
Auguste Herbin (1882-1960)
Composition
signed and dated 'herbin 38' (lower right)
oil on canvas
28 ¾ x 36 ¼ in. (73 x 92 cm.)
Painted in 1938
Provenance
Galerie l’Effort Moderne (Léonce Rosenberg), Paris (acquired from the artist, 1938).
Pierre Peissi, Paris (by 1956).
Carl Laszlo, Basel (by 1967).
Private collection, Zurich; sale, Germann Auktionshaus, Zurich, 23 November 2015, lot 79.
Private collection, Geneva (acquired at the above sale).
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
G. Claisse, Herbin: Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint, Lausanne, 1993, p. 410, no. 742 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie l'Effort Moderne (Léonce Rosenberg), 1938.
Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Herbin, rétrospective, January-February 1956, no. 24.
Hanover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Auguste Herbin, September-October 1967, no. 81 (with incorrect dimensions).
Düsseldorf Grabbeplatz Kunsthalle, Auguste Herbin, December 1967-January 1968, no. 78 (with incorrect dimensions).
Potsdam, Orangerie im Park Sanssouci; Erfurt, Angermuseum and Fellbach, Galerie der Stadt, Der Sammler Carl Laszlo: Facetten der Moderne, May 1998-January 1999, p. 96, no. 9127 (illustrated).

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