Tête de femme
1942
Moïse Kisling's 'Tête de femme' (1942) is an oil painting on canvas depicting a woman's head with the artist's characteristic modernist style. The work exemplifies Kisling's ability to capture both form and psychological presence in portraiture.
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Location
- Sotheby's, New York, NY
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Sotheby'sView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
Modern Day Auction
May 18, 2022
Estimate: $50,000 to $70,000
Lot 464
Artists in conversation
Amedeo Modigliani
Italian · b. 1884
Modigliani shared Kisling's Paris School aesthetic and created elongated, psychologically resonant female portrait heads with warm tones and a modernist simplification of form that closely mirrors the mood and style of this work.
Chaïm Soutine
Lithuanian French · b. 1893
A fellow École de Paris figurative painter, Soutine produced expressive oil portraits of figures with emotional intensity and warm earthy tones that parallel Kisling's approach to capturing psychological presence in portraiture.
Jules Pascin
Bulgarian French · b. 1885
Pascin was a close contemporary of Kisling within the Paris School who painted intimate figurative portraits of women with a warm modernist palette and a refined yet expressive handling of form that aligns closely with this piece.
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