Paul Cézanne Portrait de femme

Property from the Estate of Benjamin D. Holt, Jr.
Paul Cézanne
1839 - 1906

Portrait de femme
pencil and watercolor on paper laid down on card
7 ⅞ by 10 ¼ in.
20 by 26 cm.
Executed circa 1885-90.

Condition Report:
Executed on cream laid paper and hinged to the mount in two places along the upper edge of the verso. Mat burn along the extreme perimeter, particularly along the left edge. Scattered pindots of foxing. The sheet is joined in the upper right quadrant. Even discoloration and mild foxing on the verso. The work is in good condition.

Provenance:
Estate of Ambroise Vollard, Paris

Martin Fabiani, Paris

Jacques Seligmann, Paris

Private Collection, California (acquired circa 1950)

Private Collection, California (acquired by descent from the above)

Acquired from the above in 1984 by the present owner