Private Collection, Europe (acquired directly from the artist before 1931)
Thence by descent to the present owner

Bucharest, Fondation Dalles, La Peinture Française Moderne, 1935, no. 24

Executed on cream wove paper not laid down. There is a watermark running vertical to the top left edge, intrinsic to the sheet. The left and right edges are deckled. There is time staining and discoloration to the edges and to the areas of the sheet without pigment. There are two small nicks to the lower right edge and two tears to the center right, probably from an old puncture, each 2cm. in length. The pigment remains strong and this work is in good condition.
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