Exquisite Corpus: Surrealist Treasures from a Private Collection
Victor Brauner
La Boîte à surprises
Live auction begins on:
November 21, 02:00 PM GMT
Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
Bid
38,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Exquisite Corpus: Surrealist Treasures from a Private Collection
Victor Brauner
1903 - 1966
La Boîte à surprises
incised Victor Brauner and dated 1954 (lower left)
oil, pen and ink and encaustic on paper
22 ½ by 29 ⅝ in.
57.2 by 75.2 cm.
Executed in 1954.
Samy Kinge has kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work.
Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York
Helena Rubinstein, New York and Paris
Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc., New York, 27 April 1966, lot 682 (consigned by the estate of the above)
Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York (acquired at the above sale)
Acquired by 1968 by the present owner
New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Surrealism: Two Private Eyes, vol. I, 1999, no. 31, p. 81, illustrated in color
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