Chaïm Soutine
Young Girl with a Doll

Public Domain

Artist Chaïm Soutine (French, born Russia (present-day Belarus), 1893–1943)French, born Russia (present-day Belarus), 1893–1943

CultureFrench

Titles

Young Girl with a Doll

Date1926–1927

PlaceParis, France

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions25 1/2 × 19 5/8 in. (64.8 × 49.8 cm)

Credit LineJohn A. and Audrey Jones Beck Collection, gift of Audrey Jones Beck

Object number98.302

Current Location

The Audrey Jones Beck Building

226 Beck Galleries

Exposé

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Department

European Art, Beck Collection

Special Collections

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenanceNemont Collection, Lugano, Switzerland; [Otto Gerson Gallery (The Fine Arts Association), New York] [1]; [Knoedler & Co., New York in 1953] [2]; Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Kreisler, Greenwich, Connecticut; [sale, Sotheby’s, London, “Impressionist and Modern Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture, April 29, 1964, lot no. 119, illus.]; [purchased by Marlborough Gallery, London, 1966 ] [3] [4]; purchased by Mr. and Mrs. John A. Beck, Houston, 1966; given to MFAH, 1998.

[1] Otto Gerson (1902-1962) and Ilse Goehler, New York art dealers, ca. 1940-1962 owned and operated The Fine Arts Association, Gerson Gallery, and later, in 1963, the Marlborough-Gerson Gallery. (See Archives Directory for the History of Collecting, https://research.frick.org/directory/detail/274, accessed by Robert McD. Parker on June 5, 2024.)

[2] Knoedler Stock No. A5209. The work entered the gallery on February 6, 1953 in joint ownership with The Fine Arts Association, New York. (See Getty Provenance Index: Knoedler Stock Book 10, Page 96, Row 28, Stock No. A5209).

[3] The printed buyers’ list for the 1964 sale records “Marlborough Fine Art” as the purchaser of lot 119.

[4] A letter from Gilbert Lloyd of Marlborough Fine Art, Ltd., London to Mr. and Mrs. John A. Beck dated July 24, 1964 confirms the prior ownership record as noted herein. [MFAH object file-accessed by Robert McD. Parker, April 2024.]

Exhibition HistoryEXHIBITED: Houston, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, "The Collection of John A. and Audrey Jones Beck", 1974, pp. 88-89.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Signed, lower right, recto: "Soutine"

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