Albert Gleizes

Private Collection (acquired in 2003; sale: Christie's, London, 24th June 2010, lot 143)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Executed on cream wove paper not laid down and affixed to the mount through photo corners. There is a faint pencil sketch on the reverse. The sheet is time stained and the upper edge is slightly irregularly cut, with some associated paper losses and small tears. There are are three tears to the extreme right edge, the largest of which (4mm) to the centre of the edge, with a diagonal crease, and two tears, one with an associated crease to the lower extreme edge. A tiny diagonal crease is visible to the upper left corner. This work is in overall good condition.
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Tête d'homme is closely related to a drawing and painting of the same title and date in the collection of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (Anne Varichon, Albert Gleizes, Catalogue raisonné, vol. I, Paris, 1998, nos. 420 & 421). The work is thought to possibly be a self-portrait by the artist.