Jean Metzinger (1883-1956)
Tête de jeune fille, 1913-1914
Charcoal on paper
Signed on the bottom right
61 x 46 cm
Provenance:
- London auction, Sotheby's, 3 December 1986, lot 469
- Enghien auction, Hôtel des ventes, 22 March 1987, lot 64
- Paris auction, Guy Loudmer, Hôtel Drouot, 22 June 1987, lot 320
- Purchased from the latter by the current owners' father
- Then by descent
- Private collection, Paris
This work will be included in the Catalogue Raisonné of Jean Metzinger currently under preparation by the Metzinger Committee (M. Ottavi, M. Mielniczuk and R. Maket).
A certificate of authenticity from Madam Bozena Nikiel and Sir Alain Clairet dated February 1, 1990 will be given to the buyer.
Note : Our charcoal is a preparatory drawing for the painting "Tête de jeune fille" acquired from the artist by Caroll Galleries, New-York, 1915.