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Fantômas
Juan Gris1915
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Washington, DC, United States
Details
- Title: Fantômas
- Creator: Juan Gris
- Date Created: 1915
- Physical Dimensions: overall: 59.8 x 73.3 cm (23 9/16 x 28 7/8 in.) framed: 78.7 x 93.3 x 8.8 cm (31 x 36 3/4 x 3 7/16 in.)
- Provenance: Acquired 1915 from the artist by (Galerie "L'Effort Moderne"/Léonce Rosenberg, Paris).[1] Earl Horter [1880-1940], Philadelphia, by 1929-1930;[2] purchased 25 June 1936 by Elizabeth Lentz Keim [later Mrs. Earl Horter, 1900-1985], Philadelphia;[3] sold by 1958 to Heinz Berggruen, Paris, until at least 1966.[4] Horst Pavel, Bad Homburg, Germany.[5] (Galerie Nathan, Zurich), by 1974;[6] purchased 1976 by NGA. [1] The painting was Rosenberg stock number 5326. This information and the date acquired by Léonce Rosenberg comes from _Juan Gris_, exh. cat., Salas Pablo Ruiz Picasso, Madrid, 1985: 184. [2] Research for the 1999 exhibition _Mad for Modernism: Earl Horter and His Collection_, organized by the Philadelphia Museum of Art, has not found firm evidence to document the purchase by Horter. The organizers of the exhibition believe the painting might have been purchased after it was reproduced in the "Bulletin de L'Effort Moderne" in June 1927. It was known to have been in Horter's possession by 1929-1930, when it was photographed with his collection in his house. (Information provided in letter of 6 February 1998 from Greer Pagano, Philadelphia Museum of Art, in NGA curatorial files) [3] The Horter collection, including _Fantômas_, was shown at the Philadelhia Museum of Art 17 February to 13 March 1934. The painting was placed on loan to the museum on 11 February 1935, and remained on loan after Elizabeth Lentz Keim purchased the painting along with other paintings from the Horter collection. Earl Horter and Elizabeth Lentz Keim were married on 22 April 1938. _Fantômas_ remained on loan to the museum until 10 December 1956. (Letter of 6 February 1998 cited in note 2) [4] Berggruen lent the painting to the 1958 exhibition organized by The Museum of Modern Art and the 1965-1966 exhibition in Dortmund and Cologne. It is not clear if the painting was owned by Mr. Berggruen personally, or as stock in his gallery. [5] The ownership by Pavel is given in the 1985 exhibition catalogue cited in note 1. [6] Galerie Nathan lent the painting to the 1974 exhibitions in Paris and Baden-Baden.
- Rights: CC0
- Medium: oil on canvas
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