LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

30.51 in. (77.50 cm.) (height) by 38.58 in. (98.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed Toyen and dated 55 (lower right); signed Toyen, dated 1955 and titled on the stretcher

Exhibited:

Paris, Galerie A L'Etoile Scellée,. Toyen , 1955, no. 1. Paris, Galerie Raymond Cordier, Toyen , 1960, no. 23 . New York, D'Arcy Gallery, Surrealist Intrusion in the Enchanters' Domain , 1960-61, no. 141 . Saint-Etienne, Musée d'Art Moderne, Toyen. Une femme surréaliste , 2002, no. 113, illustrated in colour in the catalogue . Saint-Louis (Alsace), Espace d'Art Contemporain Fernet-Branca, Chassé-croisé. Dada-Surréaliste 1916-1969 , 2012, illustrated in colour in the catalogue . Marseille, Musée Cantini, Le Rêve , 2016-17, illustrated in colour in the catalogue

Provenance:

Estate of the artist (sold: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, . Succession Marie Cermínova dite Toyen , 21st June 1982, lot 25). Françoise Tournié, Paris (sold: Calmels-Cohen, Paris, Collection Françoise Tournié , 22nd June 2006, lot 36) . Purchased at the above sale by the present owner