Inscription: Signed (lower right, in black ink): Vlaminck
[Galerie Alfred Flechtheim, Berlin, 1922; sold on July 21, 1922, for Mk. 25,000, to Thayer]; Scofield Thayer, Vienna and New York (1922–d. 1982; on extended loan to the Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Mass., as part of the Dial Collection, 1931–82; his bequest to MMA)
New York. Montross Gallery. "Original Paintings, Drawings, and Engravings Being Exhibited with the Dial Folio 'Living Art'," January 26–February 14, 1924, no catalogue (typed checklist no 43; as "Rue à Nesles").
Rochester, N. Y. Memorial Art Gallery. "The Dial Portfolio of "Living Art"," February–March 1924, no. 67 (as "Rue a Nesles").
Worcester Art Museum. "Exhibition of the Dial Collection of Paintings, Engravings, and Drawings by Contemporary Artists," March 5–30, 1924, no. 35 (as "Rue à Nesles").
Northampton, Mass. Hillyer Art Gallery, Smith College. "The Dial Collection," May 1924, no catalogue.
Worcester Art Museum. "The Dial and the Dial Collection," April 30–September 8, 1959, no. 83 (as "Street in Nesles").
Worcester Art Museum. "Selections from the Dial Collection," November 13–30, 1965, unnum. checklist.
Worcester Art Museum. "The Dial Revisited," June 29–August 22, 1971, no catalogue.
Scofield Thayer. Living Art: Twenty Facsimile Reproductions after Paintings, Drawings and Engravings and Ten Photographs after Sculpture by Contemporary Artists. New York, 1923, paintings section, colorpl. 5, calls it "Rue à Nesles".
Thomas Craven. "Living Art." Dial 76 (February 1924), p. 182.
"'Living Art' Folio and Originals Seen." Art News 22 (February 2, 1924), p. 5.
[Elisabeth Luther Cary]. "The World of Art: Modern Art of One Kind and Another." New York Times (January 27, 1924), p. SM10.
Clive Bell. "Modern Art, and How to Look at It: A Critical Appreciation of 'The Dial' Portfolio, 'Living Art',' with Certain Instructive Remarks." Vanity Fair 21 (April 1924), p. 56, ill.
Margaret Breuning. "New York Art Galleries Crowded with Many Shows. Living Art." New York Evening Post (February 2, 1924), p. [14].
Wyndham Lewis. "Art Chronicle." Criterion 3 (October 1924), pp. 108–9, calls it "Rue à Nesles".
Dial 76 (March 1924), ill. opp. p. 213, calls it "Rue à Nesles".
R[obert]. R[attray]. T[atlock]. "Review: Living Art." Burlington Magazine 44 (March 1924), p. 154.
Louisa Dresser inThe Dial and the Dial Collection. Exh. cat., Worcester Art Museum. Worcester, Mass., 1959, p. 88, no. 83, ill.
Nicholas Joost. Scofield Thayer and The Dial: An Illustrated History. Carbondale, Ill., 1964, p. 229, ill. between pp. 268 and 269, calls it "Street in Nesles".
Nicholas Joost. "The Dial Collection: Tastes and Trends of the 'Twenties." Apollo 94 (December 1971), p. 494, calls it "Street in Nesles".
John Russell. "The Dial: Showcase of a Pioneer Collector." New York Times (May 3, 1981), p. D27.
Maurice de Vlaminck (French, Paris 1876–1958 Reuil-La-Gadelière)
1906
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