Galerie Lydia Conti, Paris
Denys Sutton, London
Thence by descent

Paris, Orangerie des Tuileries, Exhibition André Derain, n.d., no. 119
London, Roland, Browse & Delbanco, Fauve Painting Here and Abroad, 1953
Paris, Musée d’Art Moderne, Memorial Exhibition, 1954-55, no. 118
London, Wildenstein & Co., André Derain, 1957, no. 6

Executed on buff colored laid paper affixed on the verso to a window mat with adhesive at several places around the perimeter. Accretion from a previous mounting is present around the perimeter of the verso of the sheet. All four edges are deckled and the sheet is slight dirty and time darkened. One 1/4 inch vertical tear a bottom center edge and a 1/8 inch vertical tear at bottom right corner edge below the signature. The sheet is a little undulated, particularly at top and bottom center edges. Overall the work is in good condition.
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