émile Othon FRIESZ (1879-1949) Portrait of Paul Paquereau, 1923 Oil on canvas. Signed and dated lower left. 150 x 125 cm Provenance : - Collection Léon Pédron, acquired directly from the artist. - Collection M. Kuenegel. - Estate G., Normandy. Exhibitions : - Carnegie Institute of Pittsburgh, 1924, No. 115. - Othon Friesz, Galerie Charpentier, Paris, 1950 (back label). - Othon Friesz, Galerie Drouant, Paris, May-June 1973 (label torn on the back). - Othon Friesz, Le Fauve baroque, Musée Malraux, Le Havre, 20 October 2007 - 27 January 2008, No. 152. Bibliography: Robert Martin, Odile Aittouarès, Émile Othon Friesz, L'Œuvre peint I, Paris, Éditions Aittouarès, 2000, no. 675, reproduced p. 248. Paul Paquereau (1871-1956) was a painter and theatre decorator close to Émile Othon Friesz, with whom he exhibited.