Remedios Varo (Anglès, 1908 - Mexico City, 1963) The Crossing, 1935 Gouache and Indian ink on thin cardboard 24×20cm Provenance : - Marcel Jean Collection - Geneviève and Jean-Paul Kahn Collection, Paris Exhibitions : - Milan, Palazzo Reale, "I Surrealisti", 7 June - September 1989, reproduced in the catalogue p. 514 and described p.645 - Teruel, Museo de Teruel, "Remedios Varo. Arte y literatura", 25 October - 24 November 1991, reproduced in the catalogue under no. 1 p.65 and described on p.173 - Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, "El surrealismo en España", 18 October 1994 - 9 January 1995, reproduced in the catalogue p.264 - Vienna, Kunsthalle, "Das grausame Spiel. Surrealismus in Spanien 1924-1939", 12 May - 16 July 1995, reproduced in the catalogue under n°202 p.212 and described p. 392 - Verona, Palazzo Forti, "Dali, Miro, Picasso e il surrealismo", 28 July - 22 October 1995 - Paris, Grand Palais, "Paris Barcelone", 11 October 2001 - 14 January 2002, reproduced in the catalogue p. 571 Bibliography : - Gérard Durozoi, "Histoire du mouvement surréaliste", Paris, éditions Hazan, [1997] 2004, reproduced p. 322 - Ricardo Ovalle & Walter Gruen (eds.), "Remedios Varo: catálogo razonado / catalogue raisonné", 4th edition, Ediciones Era, Mexico, 2008, described and reproduced as no. 31 p. 304 Note: A window in the back of the frame reveals the label affixed to the work, identifying it and mentioning the Marcel Jean collection. Labels for exhibitions at the Grand Palais, the Kunsthalle Wien, the Palazzo Forti and the Museo de Teruel can also be seen on the back of the frame.