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Exquisite Corpus: Surrealist Treasures from a Private Collection

Óscar Domínguez

Masque negre

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November 21, 02:00 PM GMT

Estimate

25,000 - 35,000 USD

Bid

15,000 USD

Lot Details

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Exquisite Corpus: Surrealist Treasures from a Private Collection

Óscar Domínguez

1906 - 1957


La Masque negre ou Le Papillon

signed Dominguez and dated 49 (lower left)

oil on canvas

13 ⅞ by 9 ¾ in.

35.2 by 24.8 cm.

Executed in 1949.


The Committee in Defense of Óscar Domínguez and Isidro Hernández, the curator of Óscar Domínguez Collection, have confirmed the authenticity of this work.

Palais Galliera, Paris, 19 March 1971, lot 24

(probably) Acquired by 1989 by the present owner

Paris, Galerie de France, Óscar Domínguez, 1951


Fernando Castro, Óscar Domínguez y el Surrealismo, Cátedra, 1978, no. 258, p. 156, illustrated in a photograph of the artist’s studio

Exh. Cat., Madrid, Galería Guillermo de Osma; Madrid, Instituto Óscar Domínguez and Santa Cruz, Spain, Circulo de Bellas Artes de Tenerife, Óscar Domínguez, Colección documental, 1999-2000

Exh. Cat., Marseille, Musée Cantini, La Part du jeu et du rêve: Óscar Domínguez et le surréalisme 1906-1957, 2005, p. 63, illustrated in a photograph of the artist’s studio