3-016-284 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

The Smoker (Frank Haviland), 1913. The painting is a portrait of Frank Haviland, a rich American friend of Leo and Gertrude Stein who had just restored a monastery in Céret where he housed his important collection of African art. Haviland was a major patron of young avant-garde artists of Paris and he himself had painted a few works under the name of Frank Burty.