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Chaïm Soutine
Chaïm Soutine
Russian/French, 1893 - 1943
Old House near Chartres, circa 1934
Oil on canvas
18½ x 24 inches / 47 x 62.5 cm
Signed lower right: C. Soutine
Old House near Chartres is an
expressive and vibrant interpretation
of the manor house belonging
to Madeleine Castaing, one of
Soutine’s principal benefactors. The
artist first encountered Castaing in
Montparnasse following the death
of their mutual friend, the painter
Amadeo Modigliani; Madeleine and
her husband Marcellin proceeded
to support Soutine between 1930
and 1935. Along with Jean Cocteau
and the author Drieu la Rochelle, he
worked and painted extensively at
their summer home.
Following the death of Soutine’s
dealer Léopold Zborowski in 1932,
the Castaings became Soutine’s
most important collectors and it was
through their valuable patronage that
the artist was able to hold his first
solo exhibition, at the Arts Club of
Chicago in 1935.
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. Justin K. Thannhauser, New York
Private collection, Palm Beach, Florida
Philippe Reichenbach, Geneva, Switzerland
Private collection, Geneva, Switzerland
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Charpentier, Cent Tableaux de Soutine, 1959, no. 24, illustrated
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Chaïm Soutine (1893-1943), 1968,
no. 82, illustrated
Jerusalem, Israel Museum, Soutine, summer 1968, no. 43
New York, Marlborough Gallery, Soutine, October-November 1973, no. 63,
illustrated
Literature
Gabriel Talphir, Gazith, August–September 1959, illustrated pl. 6
Exhibition Catalogue, London, Tate Gallery & Edinburgh Arts Festival, 1963, p. 25
Pierre Courthion, Soutine. Peintre du déchirant, 1972, p. 279A, illustrated
Exhibition Catalogue, Gallery Bellman, Soutine (1893-1943), New York,
1983–1984, p. 8
Maurice Tuchman, Esti Dunow, Klaus Perls, Chaïm Soutine (1893-1943)
Catalogue raisonné vol. 1, Cologne, 1993, no. 156, illustrated in colour p. 292
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