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Materials:

oil and sand on canvas

Size Notes:

25 7/8 x 22 in. (65.7 x 55.9 cm)

Edition:

Executed in 1944.

Description:

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Markings:

signed, titled, inscribed and dated "Alice Rahon Mexico 44 "Dans la nuit du commencement"" on the reverse

Condition:

The work is in very good condition overall. There is minor rubbing and signs of wear to the corners and extreme edges, not visible in the current frame. There are some minor, small paint losses to the lower horizontal turnover edge and to the lower left vertical edge, mostly not visible in the current frame. There are minor, pinpoint losses to some of the impasto peaks, visible only upon very close inspection. There is a layer of surface dust. When examined under ultraviolet light, there is no indication of restoration. The work is framed in a gilded and painted wood tray frame.

Exhibited:

Mexico City, Museo de Arte Moderno, Alice Rahon: Una surrealista en México (1939–1987), 2009, p. 15 (illustrated)
Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami, Alice Rahon: Poetic Invocations, November 26, 2019–March 29, 2020, p. 33, 62 (illustrated, p. 33)
San Francisco, Gallery Wendi Norris, Alice Rahon, 2021, p. 57

Provenance:

Manuel Parra, Mexico City (gifted by the artist, while Parra built the artist's studio in San Angel, Mexico City)<br />Thence by descent to the present owner