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Title:Girl with a Kitten
Artist:Jules Pascin (American (born Bulgaria), Vidin 1885–1930 Paris)
Date:ca. 1926
Medium:Oil and charcoal on canvas
Dimensions:31 5/8 × 25 1/4 in. (80.3 × 64.1 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Gift of the Leonore S. Gershwin 1987 Trust, 1993
Object Number:1993.89.2
Inscription: Signed (lower right): Pascin
[Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris]; George Gershwin, New York and Los Angeles (1933–d. 1937); his mother, Rose Gershwin, New York (1937–d. 1948); her son and daughter-in-law, Ira and Leonore S. Gershwin, Los Angeles (1948–his d. 1983); Leonore S. Gershwin, Los Angeles (1983–d. 1991; her estate, 1991–93; gift to MMA)
Arts Club of Chicago. "Exhibition of the George Gershwin Collection of Modern Paintings," November 10–25, 1933, no. 32 (as "Portrait of a Young Girl").
Museum of Modern Art, New York. "Summer Exhibition: The Museum Collection and a Private Collection on Loan," July 20–September 2, 1936, no catalogue.
Los Angeles. Municipal Art Gallery. "3: A Century of Painting and Sculpture by Jewish Artists in Honor of the Third Anniversary of the State of Israel," May 15–June 21, 1951, unnumbered cat. (as "Portrait of a Young Girl," lent by Mr. and Mrs. Ira Gershwin).
Los Angeles City Hall Tower Gallery. "The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Gershwin," March 19–April 18, 1952, no catalogue.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Around George Gershwin," October 1, 1993–May 1994, no catalogue.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Recent Acquisitions: 1993–1995," July 28–September 24, 1995, no catalogue.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Pascin on Paper," March 9–June 13, 1999, no catalogue.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Painters in Paris: 1895–1950," March 8–December 31, 2000, extended to January 14, 2001, unnumbered cat. (p. 99).
Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art. "Picasso and the School of Paris: Paintings from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York," September 14–November 24, 2002, no. 53.
Tokyo. Bunkamura Museum of Art. "Picasso and the School of Paris: Paintings from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York," December 7, 2002–March 9, 2003, no. 53.
Paul Morand. Pascin. Paris, 1931, pl. 18, calls it "Fillette au chaton" and dates it 1924.
Henry Botkin. Letters to George Gershwin. March 24, 1933 and April 4, 1933 [published in Ref. Mattis 2024, pp. 71–74].
George Gershwin. Telegram to Henry Botkin. March 31, 1933 [published in Ref. Mattis 2024, p. 73].
Henry Botkin. Telegram to George Gershwin. April 1, 1933 [published in Ref. Mattis 2024, p. 73].
Horace Brodzky. Pascin. London, 1946, pl. 28, calls it "Little girl with white cat".
Edward Jablonski and Lawrence D. Stewart. The Gershwin Years. Garden City, N.Y., 1973, p. 402, ill. p. 291 (with Ira and George Gershwin, 1937).
Charles Schwartz. Gershwin: His Life and Music. Indianapolis, 1973, ill. p. 272 (with Ira and George Gershwin).
Yves Hemin et al. Pascin. Catalogue raisonné. Vol. 1, Peintures, aquarelles, pastels, dessins. Paris, 1984, p. 273, no. 508, ill., call it "Portrait de fillette" and date it 1925–27.
Florence Stevenson De Santis. Gershwin. New York, 1987, ill. p. 75 (with Ira and George Gershwin).
Edward Jablonski. Gershwin Remembered. Portland, Ore., 1992, ill. following p. 96 (with Ira and George Gershwin, 1937).
William S. Lieberman inPicasso and the School of Paris: Paintings from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Exh. cat., Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art. [Tokyo], 2002, pp. 92, 168, no. 53, ill. p. 111 (color), dates it 1926.
William G. Hyland. George Gershwin: A New Biography. Westport, Conn., 2003, ill. after p. 122 (with Ira and George Gershwin, 1937).
Howard Pollack. George Gershwin: His Life and Work. Berkeley, 2006, ill. between pp. 604 and 605 (with Ira and George Gershwin in Beverly Hills, 1937).
Rodney Greenberg. George Gershwin. (1st ed., 1998). London, 2008, ill. p. 90 (with Ira and George Gershwin, 1937).
Michael Feinstein. The Gershwins and Me: A Personal History in Twelve Songs. New York, 2012, ill. p. 231 (with Ira and George Gershwin, 1937).
Rosemarie Napolitano. Pascin. Vol. 2, Les années nacrées, 1920–1930. [Paris], 2017, p. 850, no. 2866, ill., calls it "Portrait de fillette" and dates it 1925–27.
Olivia Mattis inGeorge Gershwin and Modern Art: A Rhapsody in Blue. Ed. Olivia Mattis. Exh. cat., Baker Museum, Naples, Fla. New York, 2024, pp. 42, 72–74, 80, 152, colorpl. 40 and figs. 45 (with Ira and George Gershwin in their Beverly Hills home, 1937), 82 (installation photo, Gershwin home, 1934).
Jules Pascin (American (born Bulgaria), Vidin 1885–1930 Paris)
1918
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