LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

39.53 in. (100.40 cm.) (height) by 32.01 in. (81.30 cm.) (width)

Description:

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Markings:

signed

Exhibited:

Paris, Galerie René Drouin,. Wols , May - June 1947 . Bern, Kunsthalle Bern,. Tendances Actuelles 3 , January - March 1955, n.p., no. 124 (text) . Brussels, Palais International des Beaux-Arts,. 50 Ans d'Art Moderne , April - July 1958, p. 166, no. 342, illustrated (incorrectly titled). Berlin, Nationalgalerie; and Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris,. Wols: Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen , September 1973 - February 1974, n.p., no. 12, illustrated (Berlin); and no. 13 (text), (Paris

Literature:

Ione Robinson, 'Wols à batons rompus'. , L'oeil , No. 60, December 1959, p. 73, illustrated. Shigeo Chiba, 'L'oeuvre de Wols',. Thése , 1974, pp. 108-09 (text

Provenance:

Galerie René Drouin, Paris. Alexander Iolas, Paris. Hélène Anavi Paulhiac, France (acquired from the above). Sotheby's, London, . The Hélène Anavi Collection of Surrealist and Post-War Art , 27 March 1984, Lot 55 (consigned by the above). Acquired from the above sale by the present owner