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Property from the Penny and Elton Yasuna Collection
Leon Kelly (1901-1982)
Insects and Cliffs
Details
Leon Kelly (1901-1982)
Insects and Cliffs
signed with initials and dated 'LK/1943' (lower right)-- signed and dated twice 'Leon Kelly 1943/1942' and inscribed with title (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
28 x 44 in. (71 x 112 cm.)
Insects and Cliffs
signed with initials and dated 'LK/1943' (lower right)-- signed and dated twice 'Leon Kelly 1943/1942' and inscribed with title (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
28 x 44 in. (71 x 112 cm.)
Provenance
The artist.
Julien Levy, 1964.
Paula Kelly Muller, Marblehead, Massachusetts, the artist's daughter.
Lewis Shepard, Worcester, Massachusetts.
Julien Levy, 1964.
Paula Kelly Muller, Marblehead, Massachusetts, the artist's daughter.
Lewis Shepard, Worcester, Massachusetts.
Literature
M. Sawin and W. Jeffett, Surrealism in America During the 1930s and 1940s: Selections from the Penny and Elton Yasuna Collection, St. Petersburg, Florida, 1998, pp. 64, 130-131, fig. 36, illustrated
Exhibited
New York, Julian Levy Gallery, February-March 1944.
Baltimore, Maryland, Baltimore International Gallery 4-27, Leon Kelly Retrospective Exhibition 1920-1964, February 1965, no. 29.
St. Petersburg, Florida, Salvador Dalí Museum, Surrealism in America During the 1930s and 1940s: Selections from the Penny and Elton Yasuna Collection, November 1998-February 1999 (this exhibition also traveled to Chicago, Illinois, The University of Chicago, The David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, November 1999-January 2000; Dennis, Massachusetts, Cape Museum of Fine Arts, July-September 2000)
Baltimore, Maryland, Baltimore International Gallery 4-27, Leon Kelly Retrospective Exhibition 1920-1964, February 1965, no. 29.
St. Petersburg, Florida, Salvador Dalí Museum, Surrealism in America During the 1930s and 1940s: Selections from the Penny and Elton Yasuna Collection, November 1998-February 1999 (this exhibition also traveled to Chicago, Illinois, The University of Chicago, The David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, November 1999-January 2000; Dennis, Massachusetts, Cape Museum of Fine Arts, July-September 2000)