Ace of Clubs and Four of Diamonds

Provenance

John Quinn [1870-1924], New York;[1] (his estate sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 28 October 1926, no. 54); Mrs. Fritz Blumer [née Jeanne Bucher, 1872-1946], Paris;[2] her son-in-law, Dr. André Frédéric Cournand [1895-1988], New York. (Georges Seligmann, Inc., New York); purchased 1966 by Robert B. [1911-1983] and Mercedes H. [1917-2013] Eichholz, Washington, D.C., and Santa Barbara; The Mercedes H. Eichholz Trust, Santa Barbara; bequest 2014 to NGA. [1] Provenance information is given on the 1966 Seligmann bill of sale (copy in NGA curatorial files), which is dated 15 January 1966; full payment was received on 15 June 1966. The painting was not included in the January 1926 memorial exhibition of selected works in Quinn's collection, held at the Art Center, New York. [2] Jeanne Bucher was married to Fritz Blumer, a pianist, from 1895 to 1920. She opened Galerie Jeanne Bucher in Paris in 1925. Her daughter, Sibylle Blumer (d. 1959), was the first wife of Dr. Cournand, who, with two others, was the recipient of the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

Ace of Clubs and Four of Diamonds

Gris, Juan

1915

Accession Number

2014.17.12

Medium

oil on board

Dimensions

overall: 30.48 × 16.51 cm (12 × 6 1/2 in.) | framed: 42.07 × 26.99 × 4.13 cm (16 9/16 × 10 5/8 × 1 5/8 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Gift of Robert and Mercedes Eichholz