Beschreibung:

Jean Metzinger French, 1883-1956 Paysage, 1917 Signed Metzinger and dated 9-17 (lr); signed and inscribed Paysage on the reverse Oil on canvas 31 3/4 x 25 5/8 inches (80.6 x 65 cm) Bears labels on the verso: Galeria Multitud, Madrid, no. 536.D Galerie Melki, Paris, no. 1085 Galerie Daniel Malingue, Paris Provenance: Howard Putzel, San Francisco, California as Landscape, 1917 Ladislas Szecsi, New York, circa 1938 Arnold Saltzman, New York Galerie Melki, Paris Mary Kaplan, Paris [Galerie Daniel Malingue, Paris, 1984-1986 Private collection, Washington, D.C. Exhibited: San Francisco, California, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Contemporary Paintings and Sculpture by Mateo Hernandez, Hung with Putzel Paintings and Prints Belonging to Szecsi and Goriany, August 2 - 21, 1938, no. 3332.38 Paris, Galerie Daniel Malingue, Maitres impressionnistes et Modernes, November 8th - December 15th, 1984, no. 16, illus. Literature: Moser, Joann. Jean Metzinger in Retrospect. Iowa City: The University of Iowa Museum of Art, 1985, p. 96, no. 152, illus. Estate of a Washington, D.C. Philanthropist
Possible inpaint along extreme right edge and upper right corner. If it is inpaint, it was done a long time ago. One 1/16'' spot of inpaint at upper left corner. Minor cracks at center, running along top and bottom of cross bar of stretcher. Several small cracks above and below the crossbar at center. A three inch area of cracqueleur at upper left. Overall good condition.