Peau de soleil no. 1

Details

Alice Rahon (1904-1987)
Peau de soleil no. 1
signed, dated and titled 'Alice Paalen, 44, Peau de soleil no. 1' (on the reverse)
oil and sand on canvas
28 ¾ x 36 in. (73 x 91.4 cm.)
Painted in 1944.

Provenance

Stendahl Art Galleries, Los Angeles, California.
Mr. and Mrs. E.V. Staude, Los Angeles, California (acquired from the above, March 1945).
Private collection, Big Sur California (gifted from the above).
By descent from the above to the present owner.

Exhibited

Los Angeles, Stendahl Art Galleries, Alice Rahon Paalen: Abstractions, Oils-Goauches-Drawings, 8 - 17 March, 1945, no 1.
New York, Art of This Century, Alice Rahon Paalen: Paintings, 15 May - 7 June 1945, no. 1.

Lot Essay

Please also note this work is inscribed 'W.R. Paalen' (on stretcher bar)
We are grateful to Dr. Salomón Grimberg for his assistance cataloguing this work.

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