JULES PASCIN, (1885-1930)

Scène orientale

Scène orientale
signed 'pascin' (lower right)
brush, India ink and wash on paper
18 1/8 x 24 in (46 x 61 cm)
Executed in Tunisia in 1910

The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Rosemarie Napolitano and Tom Krohg from the Comité Pascin.

Provenance
(Possibly) Perls Galleries, New York.
Makler Gallery, Philadelphia, no. 9466 (acquired in November 1987).
Dr. Paul Todd and Hope Makler Collection, Philadelphia.
Thence by descent to the present owner in January 2000.

This exciting work by Jules Pascin hails from an important collection: that of Dr. Paul Todd and Hope Makler, the couple credited with bringing mid-20th century art to Philadelphia through relationships with New York dealers such as Klaus and Dolly Perls, Arne Glimcher and André Emmerich. In the mid-1950s, both Paul and Hope took courses at the Barnes Foundation, which sparked a newfound and intense adoration for the arts. In 1960 Hope opened Makler Gallery, which would become one of the primary suppliers to Philadelphia collections. The gallery became the exclusive Philadelphia outlet for the artists of Perls Galleries in New York, such as Jacques Lipchitz, Louise Nevelson and Alexander Calder. After the gallery's closure in 1985, the Maklers stayed heavily involved in the arts, with Hope acting as a private dealer and becoming the first female and Philadelphian on the board of the Art Dealers Association of America.