LOT DETAILS

Materials:

gouache and watercolor on paper

Size Notes:

14 by 11 in.

Edition:

Executed in 1947.

Description:

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Markings:

signed Yves Tanguy and dated 47 (lower right)

Condition:

This work is in very good condition. Executed on black wove paper. The sheet is hinged at the corners verso to a window mat. One very tiny tear to the upper left edge, only visible upon close inspection. The sheet undulates slightly. Framed: 23¾ by 20¾ in. (60.3 by 52.7 cm.)

Provenance:

Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York (probably) Mrs. Johnson McNutt, Memphis (acquired from the above) Charles H. McNutt, Memphis Sotheby's New York, 12 November 1988, lot 189 (consigned by the above) Waddington Galleries, London (acquired from the above) Baudoin Lebon, Paris Arnold Herstand & Co., New York Sotheby's New York, 8 November 2001, lot 283 Acquired from the above by the present owner