Lot Essay
Fumage was a technique developed by Paalen in which impressions were made by the smoke of a candle or kerosene lamp on a piece of paper or canvas.
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1953
Details
Wolfgang Paalen (1905-1959)
1953
oil and fumage on canvas
10¾ x 14in. (27.3 x 35.5cm.)
1953
oil and fumage on canvas
10¾ x 14in. (27.3 x 35.5cm.)
Provenance
André Breton, Paris
Exhibited
A. Neufert, Wolfang Paalen - Im inneren des Wals - Monografie, Schriften, Oeuvrekatalog, Vienna, 1999, no.53.39, p.338 (illustrated)
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