Lot no. 14
André Breton (1896-1966) Recto: Decalcomanie, circa 1936 India ink on paper Reverse: Surrealist figure Indian ink, pencil outline and coloured pencil on paper Signed and annotated lower right Decalcomania on both sides 32×24cm Provenance: Geneviève and Jean-Paul Kahn Collection, Paris Exhibitions : - Paris, Musée d'Art moderne de la Ville de Paris, "Passions privées. Collections particulières d'art moderne et contemporain en France", December 1995 - March 1996, described in the catalogue under n°10 p.192 and reproduced on p.198 - Paris, Centre Pompidou, "La Révolution surréaliste", 6 March - 24 June 2002, reproduced in the catalogue p.286 and described p.432 - Düsseldorf, K20 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein- Westfalen, "Surrealismus 1919-1944: die surrealistische Revolution: Dali, Max Ernst, Magritte, Miro, Picasso", 20 July - 24 November 2002 Bibliography: "Minotaure" n°8, 15 June 1936, reproduced on p. 24. Note: On the reverse, label from the Düsseldorf exhibition mentioned above.
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