Untitled, 1938
Smoke on wood
Signed with initials and dated lower left
19×27cm
Provenance :
- Geo Dupin Collection
- Jacques Desbrière Gallery, Paris
- Geneviève and Jean-Paul Kahn Collection, Paris
Exhibitions:
- Paris, Galerie Renou et Colle, "Wolfgang Paalen," June 21-July 5, 1938, reproduced on the cover of the catalog
- Venice, XLVII Biennale, “Arte e Alchimia,” by Arturo Schwarz, 1986
- Milan, Palazzo Reale, “I Surrealisti,” June 7 - September 1989, reproduced in the catalog p. 356 and described p. 641
- Frankfurt, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, "Die Surrealisten," December 8, 1989 - February 18, 1990, reproduced in the catalog p. 227 and described p. 422
- Paris, Centre Pompidou, "André Breton. La beauté convulsive," April 25 - August 26, 1991, reproduced in the catalog on p. 333 and described on p. 494
- Paris, Musée d'Art moderne de la Ville de Paris, "Passions privées. Collections particulières d'art moderne et contemporain en France," December 1995 - March 1996, described in the catalog under no. 44 p. 195 and reproduced p. 199
Bibliography:
- M. Jean, “Histoire de la peinture surréaliste,” Paris, Seuil, 1959, reproduced p. 242 and described under no. 242 p. 376
- R. Passeron, Histoire de la peinture surréaliste, Paris, Le Livre de poche, 1968, reproduced under no. 136, p. 241
- F. Šmejkal, “Surrealist Drawings,” London, Octopus Books Limited, 1974, reproduced on plate 39.
Note: On the reverse, labels related to exhibitions at the Venice Biennale, the Centre Pompidou, and the Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris.
Also a label that Jean-Paul Kahn had made with his initials to identify the works in his collection.
A certificate of authenticity from Mr. Andreas Neufert and Mrs. Geo Dupin will be given to the purchaser.
