Property from a Private Collection, Savannah, GA

Description:

Jules Pascin (NY/France/Bulgaria, 1885-1930), Femme Aux Pijante, Charcoal, signed lower right, depicting a reclining female nude, with 'Friedman's Fine Art, Savannah, GA' label and copy of letter in French on 'Blot/Expert Sarl, 5 Rue du vieux Moulin ... Court, 98450' stationary, signed 'Jean Blot' describing the work, matted in a giltwood frame. Size by sight: 16 3/4 in. x 23 5/8 in., Frame size: 29 in. x 35 1/2 in.

Jules Pascin was an Expressionist painter, printmaker, and illustrator known for his gestural, fleetingly rendered nudes and portraits of women. Pascin met George Grosz in Vienna and engaged with Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky, and Alfred Kubin while still a student. He worked as a cartoonist for the German satirical magazine Simplicissimus before moving to Paris in 1905, where he would become known as the “Prince of Montparnasse” due to his extravagant parties and affiliations with local dancers. In 1913, Pascin exhibited at the legendary Armory Show in New York City. He regularly exhibited prints and drawings in various important Parisian salons, including the Salon des Indépendants and satellite exhibitions of the Berlin Secession. Today, Pascin's work can be found in the collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Louvre in Paris, the Art Institute of Chicago, and many others. (Artnet.com)

Measurements: Height: of paper 24 in. x Width: 18 1/2 in.

Condition:

Some glue residue along right edge, possibly from prior mat, slight abrasions to paper along left edge, possibly from where it touched previous mat, small abrasions spot to paper in lower left quadrant, light wear to edges of frame.