Esteban Francés (Portbou, 1913 - Deià, 1976) Untitled (Surrealist Composition), circa 1941-1942 Tempera, grease pencil and coloured pencil on paper Signed lower right 36 x 58 cm Provenance : - Galerie 1900-2000, Paris - Collection Geneviève and Jean-Paul Kahn, Paris Exhibitions : - Marseille, Musée Cantini, "La planète affolée", 12 April - 30 June 1986 - Milan, Palazzo Reale, "I Surrealisti", 7 June - 10 September 1989, described in the catalogue p. 629 and reproduced on p. 516 - Pazo de Bendana, Fundación Eugenio Granell, "Esteban Francés 1913 - 1976", 17 January - 10 March 1997 - Leones, Instituto Leonés de Cultura, "Esteban Francés 1913 - 1976", 21 March - 11 May 1997 -Madrid, Sala de la Comunidad de Madrid, "Esteban Francés 1913 - 1976", September - November 1997, described in the catalogue under no. 12 p. 138 and reproduced on p. 93 Bibliography : - Edouard Jaguer "Le surréalisme II, Planisphère surréaliste", no. 43 of the review "XXème siècle", Paris, 1974, reproduced in the catalogue p. 144 - Gérard Durozoi, "Histoire du mouvement surréaliste", ed. Hazan, Paris, 2004, reproduced in the catalogue p. 323