Tete de femme (Head of a woman)
Maker
Luc-Albert Moreau (artist)
1882-1948
1882-1948
Title
Tete de femme (Head of a woman)
Date of Production
1921
Medium
black chalk on wove paper (examined under microscope), the left edge deckle, now laid down on a paper support
Dimensions
Height: 34 cm
Width: 26.6 cm
Width: 26.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1935.SC.144
Mode of Acquisition
Samuel Courtauld, gift, 1935
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), 18 May 1922 (£8, or 4000 f); purchased there by Samuel Courtauld, London (1876-1947), 3 December 1924 (£12 12s); Courtauld Gift 1935
Literature
Salmon, Dimitri, Percy Moore Turner, Précieux Conseiller de Samuel and Elizabeth Courtauld, Fondation Louis Vuitton 2019
pp. 33n151, 34n155, 35-36, 38, no. 16 on pp. 69-70
illus. no. 16 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. 105
illus. p. 217 ...More
pp. 33n151, 34n155, 35-36, 38, no. 16 on pp. 69-70
illus. no. 16 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. 105
illus. p. 217 ...More
Inscriptions
Watermark: none.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, graphite, former acc. no.: "80.35"; lower right corner, black chalk, signed and dated?: “luc-Albert Moreau_ 921.”
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, graphite, former acc. no.: "80.35"; lower right corner, black chalk, signed and dated?: “luc-Albert Moreau_ 921.”
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