Femme debout (Standing woman)
Maker
(artist)
1883-1940
1883-1940
Title
Femme debout (Standing woman)
Date of Production
(circa) 1924
Medium
charcoal and red-orange fabricated chalk on wove paper, laid down on a mount (examined under microscope)
Dimensions
Height: 55.8 cm
Width: 40.1 cm
Width: 40.1 cm
Accession Number
D.1932.SC.141
Mode of Acquisition
Samuel Courtauld, gift, 1932
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Léon Marseille (Paris); purchased there by Percy Moore Turner of the Independent Gallery (London), 27 March 1924 (£4, or 250 f); purchased there by Samuel Courtauld, London (1876-1947), 3 December 1924 (£26 5s, along with D.1932.SC.152 and 144); Courtauld Gift 1932
Exhibition History
Exhibition of drawings by contemporary French artists, Independent Gallery, London, 1924
Literature
Salmon, Dimitri, Percy Moore Turner, Précieux Conseiller de Samuel and Elizabeth Courtauld, Fondation Louis Vuitton 2019
pp. 33n151, 34n153, 35-36, 38, no. 15 on p. 69
ill. no. 15 on p. 69
Salmon, Dimitri, et al., Le Saint Joseph Charpentier de Georges de la Tour: un don au Louvre de Percy Moore Turner, Paris 2017
pp. 404 and 432n486
John House, Impressionism for England: Samuel Courtauld as Patron and Collector, Courtauld Institute Galleries 1994
no. 102
ill. p. 216 ...More
Cooper, Douglas, The Courtauld Collection, London 1954
no. 141
Home House Trustees, A catalogue of the pictures and other works of art at Home House, 20 Portman Square, London, London 1935
p. 47, no. 58 ...Less
pp. 33n151, 34n153, 35-36, 38, no. 15 on p. 69
ill. no. 15 on p. 69
Salmon, Dimitri, et al., Le Saint Joseph Charpentier de Georges de la Tour: un don au Louvre de Percy Moore Turner, Paris 2017
pp. 404 and 432n486
John House, Impressionism for England: Samuel Courtauld as Patron and Collector, Courtauld Institute Galleries 1994
no. 102
ill. p. 216 ...More
Cooper, Douglas, The Courtauld Collection, London 1954
no. 141
Home House Trustees, A catalogue of the pictures and other works of art at Home House, 20 Portman Square, London, London 1935
p. 47, no. 58 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, graphite: “4049”; lower right, graphite, signed, initials in monogram: “JHMarchand”. Verso (hidden under mount, visible via transmitted light): lower left, graphite: "4049"; lower right corner, graphite: “20”. Mount (historic), Verso: upper centre, graphite: “no 4049” and below that “13”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, graphite: “4049”; lower right, graphite, signed, initials in monogram: “JHMarchand”. Verso (hidden under mount, visible via transmitted light): lower left, graphite: "4049"; lower right corner, graphite: “20”. Mount (historic), Verso: upper centre, graphite: “no 4049” and below that “13”.
Collector's mark: none.
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