Oil on canvas.
Kisling 56. Signed in lower left. 73 x 54 cm.
- Still lifes by the artist are part of important collections, among them the Center Pompidou and the Musée d'art Moderne in Paris. - In 1930, a painting by Kisling was shown alongside works by Pierre Bonnard, Georges Braque, Marc Chagall, Robert Delaunay, André Derain, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Pablo Picasso and others in the exhibition "Painting in Paris" at the Museum of Modern Art in New York
• A tulip still life is also on the cover of the catalogue raisonné of paintings (Jean Kisling, Turin 1971).
With a certifiate of authenticity, issued by Marc Ottavi, Cabinet Expertise Marc Ottavi, Paris. The work will be included in "Vol. IV and Additions to Vol. I, II and III" of the Catalogue Raisonné of the Work of Moïse Kisling, currently in preparation by Marc Ottavi, Paris.
LITERATURE: Loudmer, Poulain & Cornette de Saint Cyr, Palais Galliera, Paris, Importants tableaux modernes, May 27, 1972, lot 62. Ader, Drouot Montaigne, Paris, Importants tableaux des XIX e et XX e siècles, November 18, 1989, lot 111, p. 168 (with col. illu., p. 169). Jean Kisling, Kisling 1891-1953, Turin 1971, vol. I, cat. no. 56, p. 230 (with illu.). Sotheby's, London, Impressionist and Modern Art, June 20, 2007, lot 504 (with illu.).