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Portrait Artist as a Harlequin
Presented by Mrs Florence Gimpel in memory of her husband René Gimpel 1954
actions: expressive
adults
artist, painter
arts and entertainment
clothing and personal items
dress: fantasy/fancy
harlequin
hat
individuals: male
man
Mintchine, Abraham
named individuals
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ruff
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society
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painting oil paint canvas
Portrait of the Artist as a Harlequin
support: 730 × 502 mm
Presented by Mrs Florence Gimpel in memory of her husband René Gimpel 1954
<p><b>Abraham Mintchine</b><span> 1898-1931 </span>
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<p><span>Inscribed 'A. Mintchine.' b.r.</span>
<br/><span>Oil on canvas, 28 ½ x 19 ¾ (72.5 x 50)</span>
<br/><span>Presented by Mrs Florence Gimpel in memory of her husband René Gimpel 1954</span>
<br/><i>Prov:</i><span>
René Gimpel, Paris (purchased from the artist); Mrs Florence Gimpel, Paris and London</span>
<br/><i>Exh:</i><span>
</span><i>A Selection of Gouaches by Mintchine and Lurçat</i><span>, Gimpel Fils, London, January-February 1947 (14); </span><i>Art Exhibition</i><span>, Festival of Jewish Arts, McLellan Galleries, Glasgow, February 1951 (85, repr.); </span><i>Russian Emigré Artists in Paris</i><span>, Redfern Gallery, London, December 1953-January 1954 (38, repr.); </span><i>Homage to René Gimpel 1881-1945</i><span>, Gimpel Fils, London, November 1966 (14)</span>
<br/><i>Repr:</i><span>
René Gimpel, </span><i>Journal d'un Collectionneur Marchand de Tableaux</i><span> (Paris 1963), facing p.382 </span>
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<p><span>Painted during the Nice Carnival in the spring of 1931, shortly before his death from a heart attack on 25 April (Peter Gimpel in letter of 8 February 1954). </span>
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<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/><span>Ronald Alley, </span><i>Catalogue of the Tate Gallery's Collection of Modern Art other than Works by British Artists</i><span>, Tate Gallery and Sotheby Parke-Bernet, London 1981, p.523, reproduced p.523</span>
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2003-07-30T00:00:00
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actions: expressive adults artist, painter arts and entertainment clothing and personal items dress: fantasy/fancy harlequin hat individuals: male man Mintchine, Abraham named individuals objects people portraits ruff smiling society work and occupations