Chaim Soutine (Smilowitchi, Litauen, 1893-1943... Lot n° 12

(Smilovitchy, 1893–1943 Paris) La Femme en rouge au fond bleu, around 1928, signed Soutine, oil on canvas, 75.5 x 54.9 cm, framed Provenance: Jos. Hessel, Paris Jacques Laroche, Paris Georges Keller, New York & Davos (acquired by 1943) Carroll Carstairs Gallery, New York (acquired by 1949) Mr. & Mrs. Walter Ross, New York (acquired from the above by 1957 and sold: Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, October 21, 1964, lot 38) McRoberts & Tunnard Gallery, London (acquired at the above sale) Perls Galleries, New York (label on the reverse, acquired by 1967 and until 1972) Alex Maguy, Paris (label on the reverse, acquired by 1972 and until 1973) Private Collection, Japan (and sold: Sotheby’s New York, November 5, 1981, lot 233) Perls Galleries, New York (acquired at the above sale and until 1985) Acquired from the above in 1985 Exhibited: New York, Bignou Gallery, A Selection of Paintings of the Twentieth Century, 1943, no. 16 (titled The Red Dress) New York, Bignou Gallery, Exhibition of Paintings by Soutine, 1943, no. 15 (titled The Red Dress) Montreal, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Manet to Matisse. An Exhibition of 19th and 20th Century French Paintings, 1949, no. 39 (titled Femme en rouge and dated 1932) New York, Perls Galleries, 24 Major Acquisitions, 1968, no. 21, ill. in color on the cover (titled Jeune femme au fond bleu and dated 1928) New York, Perls Galleries, Chaim Soutine (1893–1943), 1969, no. 18, ill. in color in the catalogue (dated 1928) Paris, Alex Maguy, Présence de la peinture, 1972 Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, 1996, n. n. ill. in color in the catalogue Literature: Connoisseur, vol. 172, London, no. 693, November 1969, ill. p. ccxvii Pierre Courthion, Soutine. Peintre du déchirant, Lausanne, 1972, ill. p. 258 (titled La Femme du Cordonnier II and dated 1926–27) A. Soutine, L’Amateur d’Art (exh.