LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

28.74 in. (73.00 cm.) (height) by 39.37 in. (100.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed WP, titled, dated 38 and dedicated à André Breton avec toute mon amitié on the reverse

Exhibited:

Paris, Galerie Renou et Colle, Wolfgang Paalen, 1938, no. 10 Saarbrücken, Mission Diplomatique Française, Peinture surréaliste en Europe, 1952, no. 74 Paris, L'Œil, Galerie d'Art, Minotaure, 1962, no. 44 Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, André Breton. La beauté convulsive, 1991, illustrated in the catalogue Vienna, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Wolfgang Paalen, Zwischen Surrealismus und Abstraktion, 1993, illustrated in the catalogue Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, La Révolution surréaliste, 2002, illustrated in colour in the catalogue Düsseldorf, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Surrealismus, 1914-1944, 2002, illustrated in colour in the catalogue Barcelona, Centre de Cultura Contemporania & Bilbao, Museo de Bellas Artes, París i els surrealistes, 2005, illustrated in colour in the catalogue Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Instituto Oscar Domínguez de Arte y Cultura Contemporánea, Exodo hacia el sur: Oscar Domínguez y el automatismo absoluto (1939-1942), 2006, no. 27, illustrated in colour in the catalogue Saint-Louis, Espace d’Art Contemporain Fernet-Branca, Chassé-Croisé Dada Surréaliste 1916-1969, 2011, illustrated in colour in the catalogue Paris, Maison de Victor Hugo, La Cime du rêve. Les surréalistes et Victor Hugo, 2013-14, no. 230, illustrated in colour in the catalogue

Literature:

Minotaure, vol. III, no. 11, May 1938, illustrated n.p. Gustav Regler, Wolfgang Paalen, New York, 1946, illustrated p. 30 René Passeron, Histoire de la peinture surréaliste, Paris, 1968, no. 137, illustrated p. 242 (titled Composition) José Pierre, Wolfgang Paalen, Paris, 1980, illustrated in colour pp. 16-17 (as dating from 1936) Andreas Neufert, Wolfgang Paalen. Im Inneren des Wals: Monografie, Schriften, Œuvrekatalog, Vienna & New York, 1999, no. 38.08, illustrated pp. 133 & 301 Amy Winter, Wolfgang Paalen: Artist and Theorist of the Avant-Garde, Westport & London, 2002, fig. 22, illustrated in colour Georges Sebbag, Memorablilia: Constellations inaperçues, Dada & Surréalisme 1916-1970, Paris, 2010, illustrated in colour p. 240

Provenance:

André Breton, Paris (a gift from the artist) Estate of André Breton (sold: Calmels Cohen, Paris, André Breton - 42, rue Fontaine, 14th April 2003, lot 4031) Purchased at the above sale by the present owner