MOÏSE KISLING | Portrait

Private Collection, United States (acquired from the artist)
Private Collection, Massachusetts (by descent from the above and sold: Sotheby's, New York, May 10, 2007, lot 442)
Acquired at the above sale

Jean Kisling, Kisling, 1891-1953, vol. III, Paris, 1995, no. XXVII, illustrated p. 110

The canvas is not lined. There are horizontal lines of craquelure and the surface is somewhat dirty. There is a small stain visible at upper right of the figure's head. Under UV light: no inpainting is apparent. This work is in good condition.
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To be included in Volume IV et Additifs aux Tomes I, II et III of the Catalogue Raisonné of Moïse Kisling currently in preparation by Marc Ottavi.