Federico Masses Portrait of Jean Bonnardel, Countess of Montgomery
$175,000.00
Our client's portrait in oil on canvas by Federico Armando Beltran Masses (1885-1949) depicts Madeleine Bonnardel (1899-1952), Countess of Montgomery. Signed 'F. Beltran Masses' in lower right. Oil on canvas measures 77 3/8 by 52 1/4 in, 196.5 x 132.6 cm. Frame measures 90 by 63 1/2 in; 229 by 161 cm. Stretcher has a label from the Parisien auction house, Chenue S.A.R.L. and the shipping company, Pusey Beaumont Crassier. Condition is good. There are four old patch repairs to the canvas visible on verso, and no doubt inpainting in these restored areas. May have other restorations as well. Additional images forwarded upon request.
Provenance:
• Collection of the artist until his death in 1949.
• Private collection, Barcelona.
• Galerie Ary Jan, Paris.
Exhibitions:
• Paris, Galerie Bernheim Jeune, 1935.
• London, New Burlington Galleries, Burlington Gardens, Paintings by Federico Beltrán Massés , 1938.
• Castellon de la Plana, Fundación Caja Castellón, Sala Bancaja San Miguel et Salamanca, Museo Art Nouveau y Art Déco Casa Lis, Federico Beltrán Massés - Enigma y sensualidad , 2007.
• Segovia, Torreón de Lozoya, Federico Beltrán Massés , January 25-March 23, 2008, cat. expo., ill. p. 99.
• Barcelona, Museo Diocesano, Federico Beltrán Massés, un pintor en la corte de Hollywood , June 3-July 17, 2011, cat. expo., no. 93, ill.
• Madrid, Real Academia de San Fernando, Federico Beltrán Massés, Castizo cosmopolita, May 18-July 1, 2012.
• London, Stair Sainty Gallery, in association with Paris, Galerie Alain Blondel, October 3-November 16, 2012, Federico Beltrán Masses - Blue Nights and Libertine Legends. Nocturnes and Portraits in the Jazz Age, p. 160, no. 22, ill. p. 161.
• Paris, La Biennale Paris, Grand Palais, September 8-16, 2018.
