Frederick William MacMonnies (1863-1937)

Monsieur Cardin (Le Raseur)

Details

Frederick William MacMonnies (1863-1937)
Monsieur Cardin (Le Raseur)
signed 'MacMonnies' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
70¾ x 41¾ in. (177.8 x 106.6 cm.)

Provenance

Estate of the artist.
Berthe Helene MacMonnies Waller, daughter of the artist.
Marjorie MacMonnies Young, daughter of the above, acquired in 1963.
Post Road Gallery, Larchmont, New York.

Literature

F. Strother, 'Frederick MacMonnies, Sculptor', The World's Work, December 1905, p. 6981, illustrated.
M. Smart and E.A. Gordon, A Flight with Fame: The Life and Art of Frederick MacMonnies, Madison, Connecticut, 1996, pp. 201-202, 321 & 324, no. 26, illustrated.

Exhibited

Paris Salon, 1901, no. 1350.
New York, Durand-Ruel, Exhibition of the Paintings and Bronze Statuettes of Frederick MacMonnies, January-February 1903, no. 4.
Liege, Belgium, International Exposition, 1905.

Lot Essay

This portrait of the french actor, Monsieur Cardin, with Mary Fairchild MacMonnies and Berthe in the background, was executed in Paris circa 1900-1901. Monsieur Cardin was the first painting that MacMonnies exhibited at the Paris Salon where it received an Honorable Mention.

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