The Font, or Mushroom-headed Child, 1940
Oil on panel
Signed and dated upper right
Counter-signed, dated, and titled on a label on the reverse
67×46.5cm
Provenance:
- Galerie 1900-2000, Paris: "Les Enfants d'Alice. Surrealist Painting in England 1930-1960," May 14 - June 30, 1982, reproduced in the catalog under no. 91 p. 67 and described p. 97
- Geneviève and Jean-Paul Kahn Collection, Paris
Exhibitions:
- Hamet Gallery, London, "Britain's Contribution to Surrealism of the 30's and 40's," November 3-27, 1971
- Milan, Palazzo Reale, “I Surrealisti,” June 7- September 10, 1989, reproduced in the catalog p. 459 and described p. 639
- Frankfurt, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, "Die Surrealisten," December 8, 1989 - February 18, 1990, reproduced in the catalog p. 265 and described p. 420
Bibliography:
- “Arson,” 1942, p. 24
- Gérard Durozoi, "Histoire du mouvement surréaliste," Paris, Éditions Hazan, [1997] 2004, described on p. 309
- Michael Remy, “Surrealism in Britain,” London, Taylor & Francis, [1999] 2019, described on p. 200 and reproduced in pl.101 p.202
Note: A label on the back of the canvas identifies the work and bears the artist's address; another refers to the exhibition “Les Enfants d'Alice” (Alice's Children).
