THE COLLECTION OF JERRY MOSS
JEAN METZINGER (1883-1956)
Nature morte (Table garnie de fleurs et de fruits)
Details
JEAN METZINGER (1883-1956)
Nature morte (Table garnie de fleurs et de fruits)
signed and dated 'Metzinger 24' (lower right)
oil on canvas
23 5⁄8 x 31 7⁄8 in. (60 x 80.9 cm.)
Painted in 1924
Nature morte (Table garnie de fleurs et de fruits)
signed and dated 'Metzinger 24' (lower right)
oil on canvas
23 5⁄8 x 31 7⁄8 in. (60 x 80.9 cm.)
Painted in 1924
Provenance
Galerie l’Effort Moderne (Léonce Rosenberg), Paris.
Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 11 May 1989, lot 318.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.
Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 11 May 1989, lot 318.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.
Literature
Bulletin de L’Effort Moderne, May 1924, no. 5 (illustrated; titled Les Melons).
Exhibited
The University of Iowa Museum of Art; University of Texas at Austin, Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery; The University of Chicago, The David and Alfred Smart Gallery and Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art, Jean Metzinger in Retrospect, August 1985-May 1986, p. 110, no. 197 (illustrated; titled Still life with bananas, melons and goblet).
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