LOT DETAILS
Materials:
oil and sand on canvas
Measurements:
28.74 in. (73.00 cm.) (height) by 35.98 in. (91.40 cm.) (width)
Markings:
signed, dated and titled 'Alice Paalen, Peau de soleil no. 1' (on the reverse)
Exhibited:
Los Angeles, Stendahl Art Galleries, Alice Rahon Paalen: Abstractions, Oils-Goauches-Drawings, 8 - 17 March, 1945, no 1. New York, Art of This Century, Alice Rahon Paalen: Paintings, 15 May - 7 June 1945, no. 1.
Provenance:
Stendahl Art Galleries, Los Angeles, California. Mr. and Mrs. E.V. Staude, Los Angeles, California (acquired from the above, March 1945). Private collection, Big Sur California (gifted from the above). By descent from the above to the present owner.