Modern British & 20th Century Art - Day 1 - 4th December 2024

Lot 614

ΦAndré Derain (French 1880-1954)

Estimate £4,000 - £6,000 | Hammer £4788

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Description

ΦAndré Derain (French 1880-1954)
Tête de Femme
Signed a derain (lower right)
Oil on canvas, c.1946-1950
55.1 x 46.5cm

Provenance:
Jean Wittman, Brussels;
Christie's, Hotel Okura, Tokyo, 14 February 1981, lot 38;
Christie's, London, Impressionist and Modern Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, 1 December 1981, lot 124;
Property of a Los Angeles Estate;
By whom sold, Christie's, New York, Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Art, 9 November 1999, lot 340;
Montgomery Gallery, San Francisco, 2000

Literature:
M. Kellerman, André Derain, Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint, vol. III (Paris, 1999), p.145, no.1957

Exhibited:
Brussels, Musée d'Ixelles and Palais des Beaux Arts, Ecole de Paris, November 1961-February 1962, no.32 (as c.1922-25);
Malines, Centre Culturel, De Menselijke Figuur in de Beeldende Kunst, 1910-1960, September - November 1971, no.31 (as c.1935)