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1 6-4-52 Birmingham Museum Mr. R.F. Howard LA FRESNAYE, Roger de (1885-1925) ESQUISSE POUR "LES FEUILLES BLANCHES" Ink wash: 10" x 8" Dated 1921. Signed lower right. A still life, study for the oil painting "Les Feuilles Blanches" painted in 1922. See reproductions in Nebelthau (29) and in Chadourne (11), p. 323. A round table with loose leaves of paper on it, the center ones folded in a geometrical, cylinder-like form. A cloth is folded back loosely on the right of the table. In the background on the left is a window draped with curtains, to the side of which is a three-leafed screen. Collection: Paul Chadourne Bibliography: Germain Seligman "Roger de la Fresnaye", 1945, Catalogue No. 42, reproduced PL. XVII Exhibited: Phillips Memorial Gallery, April - May 1943. "Roger de la Fresnaye", Arts Club of Chicago, Dec. 3 -27, 1943, No. 30 "Roger de la Fresnaye", Phillips Memorial Gallery, Washington, " Jan. 15 - Feb. 15, 1944, No 26 "Roger de la Fresnaye", Jacques Seligmann & Co., Inc., New York, Oct. 30 - Nov. 20, 1947; No. 20 "Master Drawings of Five Centuries", Jacques Seligmann & Co., N. Y. Jan. 15 - Feb. 3, 1951, no. 18 (reprod.) PRICE.........$ 400. 2 REDON, Odilon (1840-1916) "EVOCATION" Drawing: 20-1/2" x 15" Signed lower left: Odilon Redon This mystic composition shows a design in the shape of a vase, crowned with the head of a girl surrounded by a large fan-like halo. Against this shape a large feather is propped. All of this is in black against a pink background on a not quite so deep black floor. Collection: Ambroise Vollard Exhibited: "Redon Exhibition", Jacques Seligmann & Co., N. Y., Oct. 22 - Nov. 10, 1951 - show travelled to: Cleveland Museum of Art, Nov. 29, 1951 - Jan. 20, 1952 Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Feb.1 - Mar. 1, '52 No. 32 of joint catalogue and reproduced PRICE.........$ 900. 3 JONGKIND, Johann Barthold (1819-1891) "GRENOBLE LANDSCAPE" Watercolor: 6-3/8" x 9-3/4" Signed lower left: "Jongkind" Dated lower right: "Grenoble, Mars '69" t.s.v.p............