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L'éventail des saisons
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Wolfgang Paalen (Austrian/Mexican 1905-1959)
L'éventail des saisons
signed with initials 'WP' (lower right) signed again and dated, titled and inscribed 'L'ÉVENTAIL DES SAISONS, 1952, À MAURICE LEFÈBVRE-FOINET, SON AMÍI, WOLFGANG PAALEN, PARIS 1953' (on the reverse) signed again and dated '1952' (on the back stretcher bar)
oil on canvas
21½ x 18 in. (54.6 x 45.7 cm.)
Painted in Paris in 1952.
L'éventail des saisons
signed with initials 'WP' (lower right) signed again and dated, titled and inscribed 'L'ÉVENTAIL DES SAISONS, 1952, À MAURICE LEFÈBVRE-FOINET, SON AMÍI, WOLFGANG PAALEN, PARIS 1953' (on the reverse) signed again and dated '1952' (on the back stretcher bar)
oil on canvas
21½ x 18 in. (54.6 x 45.7 cm.)
Painted in Paris in 1952.
Provenance
Gift from the artist to Maurice Lefebvre-Foinet (Paris 1953).
By descent.
Lefebvre-Foinet collection, Christie's, Paris, 1 December 2009, lot 189 (illustrated in color).
Acquired from the above.
By descent.
Lefebvre-Foinet collection, Christie's, Paris, 1 December 2009, lot 189 (illustrated in color).
Acquired from the above.
Literature
J. Pierre, Wolfgang Paalen, Paris, 1980, p. 54 (illustrated in color).
A. Neufert, Wolfgang Paalen, Im Inneren des Wals: Monografie, Schriften, Oeuvrekatalog, Vienna, 1999, p. 328, no. 52.03 (illustrated).
A. Neufert, Wolfgang Paalen, Im Inneren des Wals: Monografie, Schriften, Oeuvrekatalog, Vienna, 1999, p. 328, no. 52.03 (illustrated).