B142

Cat	B142
Other
BMI	1111
Title	Composition with Blue, Red, Yellow and Black
Date	1922
Format	Oil on canvas
Size (h,w)	79 x 49.5cm
Signed	lower right in red on black: PM [monogram]
Location	The 2011 Pompidou catalogue ascribes current ownership to The Louvre, Abu Dhabi.
Owners	1922 Helene Kröller-Müller (Wassennar); 1939 AG Kröller (Hoenderloo); 1941 heirs of AG Kröller; 1949 Leo Castelli (NY); 1955 Rose Fried Gallery, NY; 1972 Mr & Mrs Israel Rosen (Baltimore); 1972 Galerie Beyeler, Basel; 1972 Galerie Tarica, Paris; 1972 private collection; 2011? The Louvre, Abu Dhabi.
Credits	Image from the 2011 Pompidou catalogue.
Notes	The private collection in question was that of Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé. It was one of three sold at Christie's, Paris in February 2009 for a PM record of €21.6M ($27.8M). The frock is one of the designs which established YSL and, one supposes, helped to pay for the original acquisition. The painting is by Kenneth Paul Block. This blog questions who thought of it first.
US ©	2020

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