Andre Derain (1880-1954)
Tête de femme
signed 'Derain' (lower right)
oil on canvas
20 x 18 1/8 in. (50.8 x 46.1 cm.)
Painted circa 1923-1925
Provenance
Mrs. Joseph Bransten, San Francisco (by 1942).
The San Francsico Museum of Modern Art (gift from the above, 1954); sale, Christie's, New York, 7 November 2007, lot 406.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Exhibited
San Francisco Museum of Art, 5 Local Collections, 1942.
San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Figures of the Occident, September-October 1951.
Palo Alto, Stanford Gallery Exhibition, date unknown.
Lot Essay
The Comité Derain has confirmed the authenticity of this painting.