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Juan Gris (1887-1927); with some later reworking by another hand
Lot 14

Juan Gris (1887-1927); with some later reworking by another hand

Portrait de femme

Closed5 February 2016

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Juan Gris (1887-1927); with some later reworking by another hand
Portrait de femme
signed, dated and inscribed 'A mon cher ami Leonce Rosenberg Juan Gris 6-1917' (lower right)
charcoal on paper
18 ½ x 12 1/8 in. (47.2 x 31 cm.)
Drawn in June 1917; with some later reworking by another hand

Léonce Rosenberg [Galerie de l'Effort Moderne], Paris.
Denise Chalom, Paris, by whom acquired from the above.
Galerie Jean-Claude Bellier, Paris.
Carlo Ponti and Sophia Loren, by whom acquired from the above.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 23 June 2005, lot 446.

Specialist note

The sitter for this drawing is probably the artist's wife Charlotte Augusta Fernande Herpin, known as Josette. The dedication is to Léonce Rosenberg, Gris's dealer from April 1916 to 1920. Rosenberg was the owner of the Gallery L'Effort Moderne and from 1914 the dealer of all the leading Cubist artists including Picasso and Braque.