Lot no. 5
Roland Penrose (London, 1900 - Chiddingly, 1984)
Beauty Prize,1932
Oil and collage on canvas
Signed lower right
60×45cm
Provenance :
- Paul Eluard Collection, Paris
- Geneviève and Jean-Paul Kahn Collection, Paris
Exhibition: London, New Burlington Galleries, "International Surrealist Exhibition", 12 June - 4 July 1936
Bibliography :
- H. Read, "Surrealism", Faber & Faber, London, 1936, reproduced under no. 73
- V. Bjerke-Petersen, "Surrealismens Billedverden", Copenhagen, Arthur Jensens Forlag, 1937, reproduced p.48
- London Bulletin", n°17, 15 June 1939, reproduced p.19
- Jean-Charles Gateau, "Eluard, Picasso et la peinture (1936-1952)", Droz, 1982, reproduced in black and white on p.250
- Roland Penrose, "Quatre-vingts ans de surréalisme (1900-1981)", Éditions Cercle d'art, Paris, 1983, reproduced in black and white p.67
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Catalog
The Geneviève and Jean-Paul Kahn Collection. The surrealist woman. Part II
75008 Paris - France