Oscar Dominguez (Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 1905 - Paris, 1957) Water Swallow, 1938 Oil on canvas Signed, dated and dedicated lower right "To Lili, the little water swallow, very friendly. Oscar Dominguez. 1938 " 41 x 24 cm Provenance : - Former Marcel Jean Collection, Paris - Sale Paris, Hôtel Drouot, Marcel Jean Collection, Étude Boisgirard, 20 May 1994, lot 115 - Geneviève and Jean-Paul Kahn Collection, Paris Exhibitions : - Leverkusen, Städtisches Museum Schloss Morsbroich, "Oscar Dominguez", 1 December 1967 - 14 January 1968, reproduced in the catalogue p. 25 - Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, "Passions privées", December 1995 - March 1996, reproduced in the catalogue under no. 18 pp. 192 and 198 - Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, "Oscar Dominguez. Antológica 1926 - 1957", 23 January - 31 March 1996 - Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Centro de arte "La Granja", "Oscar Dominguez. Antológica 1926 - 1957", 19 April - 18 May 1996 - Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, 25 June - 16 September 1996, described in the catalogue p. 259 n° 55 and reproduced p. 139 Bibliography : - G. Xuriguera, "Oscar Dominguez", Ed. Filipacchi, Paris, 1973, reproduced in the catalogue p. 24 - F. Castro, "Oscar Dominguez y el Surrealismo", Cátedra, Madrid, 1978, reproduced as no. XIII pp. 93 and 127 - P. Waldberg, "Dada et Surréalisme", Ed. Rive Gauche, Paris, 1981, catalogue p. 229 A certificate of authenticity from the Association for the Defence of the Works of Oscar Dominguez will be given to the buyer. This work is listed in the archives of the Association under no. 0D2024-002. We would like to thank Isidro Hernandez, head curator of the Oscar Dominguez Collection at the Tenerife Espacio por las Artes (TEA), for the information he provided and for his kind contribution.