JEAN METZINGER

(Nantes 1883 - 1956 Paris)

Portrait de Jeune fille. 1913-14.

Pencil on paper.

Lower left with the stamped signature: Metzinger.

41 x 35 cm.

The authenticity of the work has been confirmed by Bozena Nikiel, Paris, 14 November 2015. It will be included in the forthcoming catalogue critique des oeuvres de Jean Metzinger being prepared by Bozena Nikiel.Provenance:- Galerie Orangerie Rein, Cologne.- Private collection, Switzerland.Exhibitions: - Paris 1973, Les Cubistes, Musée d'art Moderne Paris, Exposition " Les Cubistes ", cat.no. Paris 1973 (with stamp on the reverse). - Cologne 2009, Galerie Orangerie Reinz "1959 - 2009", exhib.cat.no. 121, p. 85 (with ill.).