Kurt Seligmann (Basel, 1900 - Sugar Loaf, NY, 1962) Nocturne, 1956 Oil on canvas Signed and dated lower left "Kurt Seligmann 1956". 91.5 x 114.5 cm Provenance : - Estate of the artist - Galerie Jacques Benador, Geneva - Collection Geneviève and Jean-Paul Kahn, Paris Exhibitions : - Geneva, Galerie Jacques Benador, "Kurt Seligmann", 1974, reproduced in the catalogue under no. 11 n.p. - Milan, Palazzo Reale, "I Surrealisti", Palazzo Reale, Milan, 7 June - 10 September 1989, col. P 643, reproduced in catalogue p. 338 - Frankfurt, Kunsthalle, "Die Surrealisten", 8 December 1989 - 18 February 1990, described in the catalogue p. 424 and reproduced on p. 213 We would like to thank Timothy Baum, a specialist in the work of Kurt Seligmann, for confirming the authenticity of this work.