Portrait de Madame Francis Carco

c. 1923

not on display
André Derain1880 Chatou (Ile-de-France) – 1954 Garches (Seine-et-Oise)
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It depicts the wife of the poet Francis Carco (1886-1958), with whom Derain was already friends at an early age. He was probably inspired here by the late antique portraits of the dead from Fayum, two of which he owned.
Also known as
Porträt Madame Francis Carco Portrait of Madame Francis Carco
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
image: 34 x 24 cm
Inventory number
1610
Credit line
Kunsthaus Zürich, Donated by Alfred Rütschiʼs heirs, 1930