LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

10.83 in. (27.50 cm.) (height) by 13.78 in. (35.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed Yves Tanguy and dated 39 (lower right); titled and dated 1939 on the stretcher

Literature:

Kay Sage Tanguy et al., Yves Tanguy. Un Recueil de ses œuvres / A Summary of his Works, New York, 1963, no. 171, illustrated p. 95 (as dating from 1936)

Provenance:

Vilhelm Bjerke-Petersen, Denmark (acquired from the artist in May 1939) Preben Holten, Denmark (acquired from the above circa 1940. Sold: Sotheby's, London, 25th November 1964, lot 190) The Mayor Gallery, London (purchased at the above sale) Gabrielle Keiller, Kingston-upon-Thames (acquired from the above in 1964) Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., London Private Collection (acquired from the above in 1982) Thence by descent to the present owners