GRAPHIC WORK AGAINST

276 A BLACK BACKGROUND. 1928

Oil on canvas. 97 X 130 cm. Inv. No 3468 Signed and dated lower right: Ozenfant 1928 The picture was acquired through the State Purchasing Commission at the Exhibition of Modern Western Art in Moscow in 1928.

Provenance: The artist's collection, Paris; 1928—48 The Museum of Modern Western Art, Moscow; since 1948 The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow Exhibition: 1928 Moscow, Cat. 81

Bibliography: P. Ettinger, "Neuerwerbungen des Museums moderner Kunst in Moskau", Der Cicerone,

1927, 17, p. 546; Б. Терновец, "Выставка современного французского искусства в Москве", Искусство,

1928, 3—4, р. 120

276 A BLACK BACKGROUND. 1928