Louis Marcoussis (1883-1941)
Portrait de Ronald Davis
signed 'Marcoussis' (lower left)
oil on canvas
39 3/8 x 25 5/8 in. (100 x 65.2 cm.)
Painted in 1924
Louis Marcoussis (1883-1941)
Portrait de Ronald Davis
signed 'Marcoussis' (lower left)
oil on canvas
39 3/8 x 25 5/8 in. (100 x 65.2 cm.)
Painted in 1924
Ronald Davis, Paris, by whom commissioned from the artist in 1924. Camille Marie Josephine Morel, Paris, by descent from the above in 1931, until at least 1961. Acquired by the present owner in the 1980s.
W. George, L'Amour de l'Art, 1 May 1924, pp. 334-336. Comœdia, 29 June 1924. J. Lafranchis, Marcoussis, Sa vie, son œuvre, catalogue complet des peintures, fixé sur verre, aquarelles, dessins, gravures, Paris, 1961, no. P.52, p. 246 (illustrated). Exh. cat., Graphic Modernism: Selections from the Francey and Dr. Martin L. Gecht Collection at The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 2003, p. 176.
Paris, Palais de Bois (Porte Maillot), Salon des Tuileries, 1924, no. 1036.
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