Savelii Sorin (1878-1953)
Boîte de nuit
signed 'S. Sorine/1926' (lower left)
pencil and tempera on paper
33 1/8 x 28 ¾ in. (84 x 74 cm.)
Savelii Sorin (1878-1953)
Boîte de nuit
signed 'S. Sorine/1926' (lower left)
pencil and tempera on paper
33 1/8 x 28 ¾ in. (84 x 74 cm.)
By repute, Collection Du Pont, U.S.A. with Galerie Pabst, Munich. Acquired from the above by the father of the present owners in Munich in 1989.
Probably; Exhibition catalogue, Exhibition of Portraits by Savely Sorin, New York, 1927, no. 5, listed as 'Au Café'. Exhibition catalogue, Russische Kunst 1900-1930, Munich, 1989, no. 55, listed as Im Nachtlokal, illustrated. P. Schulz, Feuilleton, Süddeutsche Zeitung, 30 March 1989, no. 73, 'Perestrojka 1917', illustrated.
Probably, New York, Galleries of Wildenstein & Company, Exhibition of Portraits by Savely Sorin, 15 November-5 December 1927, no. 5 (partial label on the stretcher). Munich, Galerie Pabst, Russische Kunst 1900-1930, 1989, no. 55.
A version of this portrait was reproduced as a collotype in : A. Salmon, S. Sorine. Portraits, Berlin, 1929, as 'Au Bar'.
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