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Ker-Xavier Roussel · c. 1893–94
Provenance
Ownership history
- The artist; sold to Ambroise Vollard (1866–1939), Paris; by descent to his estate; bequeathed to Madeleine de Galéa (1874–1956), Paris; by descent to her son, Robert de Galéa, Paris; by descent to private collection, Paris; sold through Malingue, Paris, to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2025.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Paris, Galerie La Cave, K. X. Roussel. Pastels et Peintures, Nov. 25, 1976–Jan. 15, 1977 [no cat. no.].
- Zurich, Kunsthaus, Die Nabis - Propheten der moderne, Bonnard, Vuillard, Maurice Denis, Vallotton, 1888-1900, May 28–Aug. 15, 1993; Paris, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Sept. 21, 1993–Jan. 3, 1994, cat. 99.
Literature
Published references
- Galerie La Cave, K.X. Roussel. Pastels et Peintures, exh. cat. (Paris: Galerie La Cave, 1976), np.
- Gisela Götte, Ker-Xavier Roussel, 1867–1944: Untersuchungen zu seiner Entwicklung, vor allem zum Verhältnis Frühwerk Spätwerk, diss., v. 1 (Bremen, 1982), 124-129.
- Zurich, Kunsthaus, Die Nabis - Propheten der moderne, Bonnard, Vuillard, Maurice Denis, Vallotton, 1888-1900, 240; Paris, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, 240 (ill.).
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