Provenance:
Galerie Denise René, Paris
Galerie Melki, Paris
Private collection, Germany

Exhibited:
Paris, Galerie Denise René, Herbin, 1955, no. 11
Brussels, Société Auxiliaire des Expositions du Palais des Beaux-Arts, Herbin, 21 Jan - 5 Feb 1956 (label), no.71
Freiburg-en-Brisgau, Kunstverein, Auguste Herbin, 9 Nov - 7 Dec 1958
Paris, Galerie Denise René, Herbin, 13 May - Jun 1960, no 7
Copenhagen, Arhus Kunst Galleri, Forärsudstilligen. 24 Feb - 18 Mar 1962, no. 52
Paris, Galerie Denise René, Herbin, L’Alphabet Plastique, peintures et gouaches 1951 à 1960, 7 Nov 1972, pp.11, 26 (illustrated)
Caracas, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Caracas, Herbin, Oct 1978 (label) no. 41 (illustrated)

Literature: 
G. Claisse, Herbin, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, Lausanne, 1993, p., 456, no. 990 (illustrated)

Notes:
This work is from Herbin’s series “alphabete plastique”, the artist’s specially developed compositional system.