Dimensions: 22.5 x 16.8 cm
Signed and dated p.d.: 'Marcoussis 1930'
On the reverse a paper exhibition sticker of the Musée National d'Art Moderne in Paris and a sticker of the transport company Marc Ottavi from Paris, on the frame a sticker with the description: 'HBA INU 1 000'
Origins
purchased directly from the artist
private collection, France
private collection, Poland
Exhibited
Marcoussis, Musée National d'Art Moderne in Paris, July 3-October 4, 1964.
Marcoussis, Kölnischer Kunstverein in Cologne, 1960
Literature
Marcoussis, exhibition catalog, ed. by Jean de Cassou, Musée National d'Art Moderne in Paris, Paris 1964, p. 35, cat. no. 114.
Louis Marcoussis. Sa vie, son oeuvre. Catalogue complet des peintures, fixés sur verre, aquarelles, dessins, gravures, ed. Jean Lafranchis, Paris 1961, p. 310 (ill.), cat. no. 79
Biography
Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow under Jan Stanislawski and Jozef Mehoffer. In 1903 he left for Paris, where he continued his studies at the Académie Julian under Jules Lefebvre. There he became associated with the École de Paris community.
