Lot Essay
We are very grateful to Antony Penrose for authenticating this work.
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Surrealist composition
Details
Sir Roland Penrose (1900-1984)
Surrealist composition
signed and dated 'Roland Penrose 72' (lower left)
pencil, watercolour, bodycolour and collage, unframed
8¾ x 12 in. (22.2 x 30.5 cm.)
Surrealist composition
signed and dated 'Roland Penrose 72' (lower left)
pencil, watercolour, bodycolour and collage, unframed
8¾ x 12 in. (22.2 x 30.5 cm.)
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Sale room notice
This work is incorrectly dated in the catalogue and appears to read 'Roland Penrose 35' (lower left). This work was executed when Roland Penrose was living in Paris and was collaborating with Max Ernst.