Léonce Rosenberg (Galerie L'Effort Moderne), Paris
Sale: Christie's, New York, November, 6, 1979, lot 46
Private Collection, New York
Martha Parrish & James Reinish, Inc., New York
Acquired from the above in 2004

Huntingdon, New York, Heckscher Museum of Art, Six Decades of Collecting, 1981
Roslyn, New York, Nassau County Museum of Art, The Collections of Long Island: A Century of Art 1880-1980, 1982
Iowa, The University of Iowa Museum, Jean Metzinger in Retrospect, 1985, no. 233, illustrated in the catalogue

The canvas is lined. The colors are bright and fresh and the surface is richly textured. There are hairline instances of craqulure scattered in places throughout. Under UV: there is a small area of inpainting at extreme upper right corner as well as scattered lines and pindots in the upper right quadrant. An older generation of retouching is visible in upper left quadrant at extreme upper left and right edges. There are a few pindots of inpainting in the figure's upper right elbow and in the pink of the sky near the center top edge. Otherwise, fine. This work is in good condition.
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