Provenance
Collection Mme. Zborowska Maurice Lafaille, Paris Chozo Yoshii, Tokyo Sale: Sotheby's Mitsukoshi, Toyko, 3rd October 1969, lot 384 Gallery Asada, Nagoya (sold: Sotheby's, London, 1st July 1998, lot 285) Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
Exhibited
New York, The Jewish Museum, Chaim Soutine: Flesh , 2018
Literature
Pierre Courthion, Soutine. Peintre du d échirant , Lausanne, 1972, p. 287, illustrated fig. D
Catalog summary
Despair, Desire and Delight: Works from an Outstanding Private Collection Chaïm Soutine 1893 - 1943 Le taureau signed C. Soutine (upper right) oil on board 24 by 39.6 cm., 9½ by 15⅝in. Framed: 33.6 by 47.6 cm., 13¼ by 18¾in. Painted circa 1941-42. The painting will be included in the forthcoming Volume III of the Chaim Soutine catalogue raisonne, now in preparation by Esti Dunow. Provenance Collection Mme. Zborowska Maurice Lafaille, Paris Chozo Yoshii, Tokyo Sale: Sotheby's Mitsukoshi, Toyko, 3rd October 1969, lot 384 Gallery Asada, Nagoya (sold: Sotheby's, London, 1st July 1998, lot 285) Purchased at the above sale by the present owner Literature Pierre Courthion, Soutine. Peintre du d échirant , Lausanne, 1972, p. 287, illustrated fig. D Exhibited New York, The Jewish Museum, Chaim Soutine: Flesh , 2018