Adrien Dax (Toulouse, 1913 - Toulouse, 1979) Ardent Reliquary for the Organiser of the Feast, 1959 Wax, stone, metal and rhinestone bust on wooden base Monogrammed, titled and dated on a pendant "Reliquaire ardent pour l'organisatrice du festin, 11.12.59". Signed on the back below the right shoulder Engraved "A. Dax" on the base in a metal medallion H. 42 cm Provenance : - Galerie 1900-2000, Paris - Collection Geneviève and Jean-Paul Kahn, Paris Exhibition : - Paris, Galerie Daniel Cordier, "Eros" Exhibition, 1959 Bibliography : - R. Benayoun, "Érotique du Surréalisme", Ed. Pauvert, Paris, 1965, reproduced in the catalogue p. 166 - I Surrealisti", Palazzo Reale, Milan, 7 June - 10 September 1989, reproduced in the catalogue p. 523 - G. Durozoi, "Histoire du mouvement surréaliste", Ed. Hazan, Paris, 1997, reproduced in the catalogue p. 500 - G. Durozoi, "Le surréalisme", Ed. Hazan, Paris, 2002, reproduced in the catalogue p. 64 - A. Mahon, "Surrealism and the politics of Eros, 1938-1968", Thames & Hudson, London, 2005, reproduced in the catalogue p. 185, fig.132