Chaïm Soutine, La Cité Falguière

The Passion of American Collectors: Property of Barbara & Ira Lipman
Chaïm Soutine
1893 - 1943
La Cité Falguière

Signed Soutine (lower center)
Oil on canvas
18 1/8 by 21 3/4 in. (46 by 55.2 cm)
Framed: 24 1/2 by 28 in. (62.2 by 71 cm)
Painted in 1914.

This painting will be included in the forthcoming Volume III of the Chaim Soutine Catalogue Raisonne by Maurice Tuchman and Esti Dunow, currently in preparation.

Condition Report:
The canvas is lined. There is some fine craquelure, most notable in the center left of the composition. There is a minor frame abrasion, mostly along the lower edge. Under UV light, there is no inpainting apparent but a milky varnish obscures further reading. The work is in good condition.

Provenance:
Paul Pétridès, Paris
Sale: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, January 25, 1923, lot 90
Sale: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, May 24, 1950, lot 23
Myron J. Israel, Montreal (and sold: Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, March 19, 1958, lot 49)
Hammer Galleries, New York (acquired at the above sale on March 19, 1958)
Jane Renouardt, Paris (and sold: Galerie Charpentier, Paris, June 17, 1960, lot 105)
Sale: Palais Galliera, Paris, March 29, 1971, lot 82
Sale: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, June 19, 1997, lot 13
Private Collection (and sold: Christie's, New York, May 8, 2003, lot 203)
Acquired at the above sale