Wolfgang Paalen (1907-1959) Untitled, 1938 Smoke on wood Signed with initials and dated lower left 19 ×27cm Provenance: - Geo Dupin Collection - Galerie Jacques Desbrière, Paris - Geneviève and Jean-Paul Kahn Collection, Paris Exhibitions : - Paris, Galerie Renou et Colle, "Wolfgang Paalen", 21 June - 5 July 1938, reproduced on the cover of the catalogue - Venice, XLVII Biennale, "Arte e Alchimia", by Arturo Schwarz, 1986 - Milan, Palazzo Reale, "I Surrealisti", 7 June - September 1989, reproduced in the catalogue p. 356 and described on p.641 - Frankfurt, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, "Die Surrealisten", 8 December 1989 - 18 February 1990, reproduced in the catalogue p. 227 and described on p.422 - Paris, Centre Pompidou, "André Breton. La beauté convulsive", 25 April - 26 August 1991, reproduced in the catalogue p. 333 and described on p.494 - Paris, Musée d'Art moderne de la Ville de Paris, "Passions privées. Collections particulières d'art moderne et contemporain en France", December 1995 - March 1996, described in the catalogue under n°44 p.195 and reproduced p.199 Bibliography : - M. Jean, "Histoire de la peinture surréaliste", Paris, Seuil, 1959, reproduced p. 242 and described under n°242 p. 376 - R. Passeron, "Histoire de la peinture surréaliste", Paris, Le Livre de poche, 1968, reproduced under no. 136 p.241 - F. Šmejkal, "Surrealist Drawings", London, Octopus Books Limited, 1974, reproduced pl. 39 Note: On the reverse, labels relating to exhibitions at the Venice Biennale, the Centre Pompidou and the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris; also a label that Jean-Paul Kahn had made in his initials to identify works in his collection. A certificate of authenticity from Mr Andreas Neufert and Mrs Geo Dupin will be given to the buyer.