Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings Signed (lower right): Sickert-
Gallery Label This is one of a group of six pictures that Sickert painted of two Belgians, Jeanne and Hélène Daurmont, during the Easter holiday in 1906. Jeanne, a milliner, later recalled that she and her sister, a charwoman, had met the artist in London when he overheard them speaking to a policeman in French. The subdued palette, softly smudged outlines, and direct approach to the model anticipate the artist's later Camden Town style, for which he is best known.
Provenance the artist, London (1906–9; sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, June 21, 1909, no. 62, as "La cigarette"); J. W. Freshfield, London (in 1939); R. Thesiger (until 1950); [Arthur Tooth & Sons, London, 1950; sold in July to Astor]; Mrs. Vincent Astor, later Mrs. James W. (Mary Cushing) Fosburgh, New York (1950–d. 1978)
Exhibition History Paris. Bernheim-Jeune. "Exposition Sickert," January 10–19, 1907, no. 81 (as "La cigarette").
Adelaide. National Art Gallery of South Australia. "Exhibition of French and British Contemporary Art," August 21–September 17, 1939, no. 195 (as "Girl with Cigarette," lent by J. W. Freshfield, Esq., London) [see Ref. Chanin and Miller 2005].
Melbourne. Town Hall. "Exhibition of French and British Contemporary Art," October 16–November 1, 1939, no. 195 (as "Girl with Cigarette," lent by J. W. Freshfield, Esq., London).
Sydney. David Jones's Art Gallery. "Exhibition of French and British Contemporary Art," November 20–December 16, 1939, no. 195 (as "Girl with Cigarette," lent by J. W. Freshfield, Esq., London) [see Ref. Chanin and Miller 2005].
Hobart. Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. April 10–29, 1945, no catalogue [see Ref. Chanin and Miller 2005].
Launceston Art Gallery. May 24–June 7, 1945, no catalogue [see Ref. Chanin and Miller 2005].
Brisbane. Queensland Art Gallery. August 15–October 15?, 1945, no catalogue [see Ref. Chanin and Miller 2005].
New Haven. Yale University Art Gallery. "Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture Collected by Yale Alumni," May 19–June 26, 1960, no. 125 (as "Girl with a Cigarette," lent by Mr. and Mrs. James W. Forsburgh).
Washington. Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building. "Selections from a Special Collection," September 19–October 26, 1984, no. 28 (as "Jeanne Daurmont [The Cigarette]").
London. Royal Academy of Arts. "Sickert: Paintings," November 20, 1992–February 14, 1993, no. 51 (as "Jeanne: the Cigarette").
Amsterdam. Van Gogh Museum. "Sickert: Paintings," February 25–May 31, 1993, no. 51 (as "Jeanne: the Cigarette").
References Catalogue of the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. James Fosburgh . 1955, p. 78.Sickert . London, 1973, pp. 87, 89, 182, 339, no. 221, fig. 155.in Wendy Baron and Malcolm Cormack. The Camden Town Group . Exh. cat., Yale Center for British Art. New Haven, 1980, p. 54.Letter to Lucy Oakley . May 4, 1980.in Sickert: Paintings . Exh. cat., Royal Academy of Arts. London, 1992, pp. 41, 170, 172–73, no. 51, ill. (color).Degenerates and Perverts: The 1939 Herald Exhibition of French and British Contemporary Art . Carlton, Australia, 2005, pp. 183, 218–19, 273, 276, no. 195, ill. (color).Sickert: Paintings and Drawings . New Haven, 2006, pp. 58–59, 128, 318–19, no. 263, ill.
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