Old Woman

The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of the Mildred Andrews Fund

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Old Woman

c. 1923–24

ArtistChaïm Soutine (Russian, 1893–1943)

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Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: Framed: 88.9 x 78.7 x 8.6 cm (35 x 31 x 3 3/8 in.); Unframed: 65 x 54 cm (25 9/16 x 21 1/4 in.)
Classification: Painting
Style: Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960
Origin: Russia (worked in France), 20th century
Institution: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit: Gift of the Mildred Andrews Fund

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Provenance

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(A. Mak, Amsterdam) (October 11, 1932, lot 75).

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P. A. Regnault, Laren, The Netherlands (October 11, 1932 -- October 22-23, 1958).

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(Paul Brandt, Amsterdam, "Collection de taubleaux modernes de feu P. A. Regnault") (October 22-23, 1...

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(Marlborough Fine Art, Ltd., London) (October 22-23, 1958 -- September 1961.

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Peter A. Putnam, Cleveland, OH (September 1961-1988).

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(A. Mak, Amsterdam) (October 11, 1932, lot 75). P. A. Regnault, Laren, The Netherlands (October 11, 1932 -- October 22-23, 1958). (Paul Brandt, Amsterdam, "Collection de taubleaux modernes de feu P. A. Regnault") (October 22-23, 1958, lot 127). (Marlborough Fine Art, Ltd., London) (October 22-23, 1958 -- September 1961. Peter A. Putnam, Cleveland, OH (September 1961-1988).

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Exhibitions

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The Year in Review for 1988

Julie Mehretu: Portals

Chaïm Soutine (1893-1943), l'ordre du chaos

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The Year in Review for 1988. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 1-May 14, 1989). Chaïm Soutine (1893-1943), l'ordre du chaos. Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, France (October 2, 2012-January 21, 2013). Julie Mehretu: Portals. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 16-November 13, 2022). Expressionisme. Van Gogh tot Picasso. Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. (1949). Group exhibition (untitled). Groningen (1933). Nineteenth and Twentieth Century European Masters. Marlborough Fine Art, Ltd., London (Summer 1959).

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Sourced Overview Evidence

In the nearly 200 portraits Chaïm Soutine painted, he was remarkably consistent in his approach:he almost always painted solitary, unidentified models, seated in half- or three-quarter-length poses facing frontally with hands placed on the hips or folded in the lap, as seen here. The physical distortions—the woman’s large hands, arched green eyebrows, and pointed chin—executed with agitated, slashing brushstrokes heighten the portrait’s expressive qualities. The sitter here is remarkably similar to the figure in another Soutine portrait of a schoolteacher named Melanie at the Columbus Museum of Art.

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0 observed sales · 0 comparable sales · 5 structured provenance events · 3 structured exhibitions.

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