LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

19.92 in. (50.60 cm.) (height) by 29.65 in. (75.30 cm.) (width)

Exhibited:

Dallas, The Dallas Museum for Contemporary Arts, The Art that Broke the Looking Glass, 14 November-31 December 1961, no. 46, as 'Monsù Desiderio

Literature:

F. Sluys, Didier Barra et François de Nomé dits Monsu Desiderio, Paris, 1961, pp. 60-1, no. 16, ill (listed under works by Didier Barra and his studio, with incorrect dimensions),M.R. Nappi, François de Nomé e Dider Barra: l'enigma Monsù Desiderio, Milan, 1991, p. 192, no. A112, ill. (with incorrect dimensions)

Provenance:

With Knoedler, New York, by 1961 ,The Collection of Harry Brooks, New York, by whose family offered,Sale, Christie's, New York, 30 January 2014, lot 247, where purchased by the present owner