Charles CAMOIN (1879-1965)
The Moorish Cafe, winter 1912/13

Oil on canvas.
65 x 81 cm

This painting will be included in the artist’s forthcoming catalogue raisonné.

In late November 1912, Camoin went to join Matisse in Morocco. They would spend the three winter months together in Tangier. “A rare period of good health and fruitful work” for the two friends who throughout their lives would recall “those beautiful Moroccan hours”.

This masterpiece would happily conclude Camoin’s Fauvist period.

Provenance:
– Galerie Eugène Druet, Paris, 1914.
– Vente Bellier, Paris, cat. no. 78, June 21, 1950.
– Galerie Yvon Lambert, Vence, early 1960s.
– Gabrielle Kleinmann Collection, Paris, then by descent.

Exhibitions:
– Exhibition of Paintings by Charles Camoin, Galerie Druet, Paris, February 23 – March 7, 1914, cat. no. 17, reproduced under the title “Tangier – Cafe Interior”.
– Morocco: Treasures of the Kingdom, Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, 1999.
– Charles Camoin, Fondation de l’Hermitage, Lausanne / Musée Cantini, Marseille, 1997, cat. no. 54, repr. p. 123.

Bibliography:
– Exhibition of Paintings by Charles Camoin, Galerie Druet, Paris, February 23 – March 7, 1914, cat. no. 17, reproduced under the title “Tangier – Cafe Interior”.
– Retrospective exhibition, Fondation de l’Hermitage, Lausanne / Musée Cantini, Marseille, 1997, cat. no. 54, p. 123.