The Blind Man

Artists

Dimensions

53.9 x 35.8 cm (21 1/4 x 14 1/8 in.) framed: 77 x 59 cm (30 5/16 x 23 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Possibly Alfred Fletcheim, Düsseldorf. [1] Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, Paris.[2] Paul Schüler, Bochum.[3] [Galerie Jean Aron, Paris] sold; to [Galerie Pierre, Paris], 1930, sold; to [René Gimpel, Paris], sold; to Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, 1930,[4] by exchange; to Edouard Jonas, New York, 1936, sold; through [Knoedler & Co., New York, NY] to F. Valentine Dudensing & Valentine Gallery, New York.[5] Sold; to Maurice Wertheim, New York, 1936, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1951. [1] Listed as "Sammlung Fletcheim" in 1913 publication. Hildebrandt, H. "Die Fruhbilder Picassos" in Kunst und Künstler: illustrierte Monatsschrift für bildende Kunst und Kunstgewerbe XI (1913): 337. No illustration. [2] Credited as "Foto Simon" in Elseviers Geïllustreerd Maandschrift. Jaargang 35 (1925): pl. LXII. Kahnweiler renamed his gallery "Gallery Simon" in 1921 when he returned to Paris from exile. [3] Listed as "Sammlung Schüler, Bochum" in 1927 publication. Illustrierte Zeitung (November 1927): 738. [4] Featured in a 1930 exhibition review of a show at Galerie Jean Aron in Paris which notes the work was recently acquired by the Toledo Museum of Art. Documents: Archéologie, Beaux-Arts, Ethnographie, Variété, Vol. 2, (1930): 303. Sales through Galerie Pierre and Galerie Gimpel derived from a letter between William Hutton, Senior Curator of the Toledo Museum of Art, and Margaret P. Morgan in the Fogg Museum's Print Department, dated August 31, 1978, housed in curatorial files. [5] Knoedler Stock Book 8, Page 152, Row 19, Stock No. A1637