Gino Severini (1883-1966), Danseuse

Gino Severini (1883-1966)
Danseuse
signed 'G. Severini' (lower right)
gouache, watercolor, brush and black ink, black Conté crayon, white chalk, corrugated cardboard, sequins and paper collage on paper
40 ½ x 28 5/8 in. (102.6 x 72.7 cm.)
Executed circa 1914

Provenance
Berggruen et Cie., Paris (by 1956).
E.J. Power, London (by 1963).
Waddington Galleries, London (acquired from the above).
Galerie Tarica, Paris (acquired from the above, circa 1970).
Acquired from the above by the family of the present owners, circa 1970.

Pre-Lot Text
Beyond Boundaries: Avant-Garde Masterworks from a European Collection

Literature
M.D. Gambillo and T. Fiori, Archivi del Futurismo, Rome, 1962, vol. II, p. 339 (illustrated, p. 321, fig. 40).
D. Fonti, Gino Severini: Catalogo ragionato, Milan, 1988, p. 626, no. 5 (illustrated).

Exhibited
Paris, Berggruen et Cie., Severini: oeuvres futuristes et cubistes, March-April 1956, no. 10 (illustrated; titled Danseuse de cabaret).
New York, Fine Arts Associates (Otto M. Gerson), Paintings, Watercolors, Sculpture, December 1956-January 1957, no. 54 (titled Cabaret Dancer).
London, Tate Gallery, Private Views: Works from the Collection of Twenty Friends of the Tate Gallery, April-May 1963, no. 163 (illustrated; titled Danseuse, Viva la Paz).
Paris, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Socie´te´ des Artistes Indépendants: 89e exposition, March-April 1978, p. 57.