23. 23AR ANDRÉ DERAIN (1880-1954) Vase of flowers signed 'Derain' (lower right) oil on canvas Painted circa 1932 73 x 92.1 cm. 28 3/4 x 36 1/4 in. Provenance Paul Guillaume, Paris. Galerie Schmit, Paris. Art Point Gallery, Tokyo. Acquired by the previous owner in the 1990s; Sale, Christie's, New York, 9 November 2006, lot 370. Private collection, France (acquired in this sale). Exhibitions New York, Durand-Ruel Galleries, André Derain, February - March 1933, no. 6. Tokyo, Art Point Gallery, André Derain, 1989, no. 2 (illustrated np.). Osaka, Daimaru Art Museum, André Derain, September 1995 - January 1996, no. 40 (illustrated np.) (Then travelled to Tokyo, Daimaru Art Museum; Kyoto, Daimaru Art Museum). Bibliography P. Cabane, A. Derain, Paris, 1990, (illustrated p. 99). M. Kellermann, André Derain, Catalogue Raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, vol. II, Paris, 1997, p. 116, no. 802 (illustrated p. 106).