Paul Cadmus (1904-1999)
Property from the Penny and Elton Yasuna Collection
Paul Cadmus (1904-1999)

Mask and False Noses

Details
Paul Cadmus (1904-1999)
Mask and False Noses
signed 'Cadmus' (upper right)
tempera on paper
8 x 12¼ in. (20 x 31.2 cm.)
Provenance
Christie's, New York, 4 December 1992, lot 138.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Literature
L. Kirstein, Paul Cadmus, New York, 1984, p. 136
Exhibited
St. Petersburg, Florida, Salvador Dalí Museum, Surrealism in America During the 1930's and 1940's: Selections from the Penny and Elton Yasuna Collection, November 1998-February 1999, no. 7, pp. 35, 107-108, illustrated (This exhibition also traveled to: Chicago, Illinois, The David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago; and Dennis, Massachusetts, Cape Museum of Fine Arts)

Lot Essay

This work was executed in 1955.

A letter from the artist accompanies this work.

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