ALICE RAHON, (1917-1987)
El raton
El raton
signed and indistinctly inscribed 'à Maria, pour sa fête de bon anniversaire, ∞ Alice. Alice Rahon' (lower right); signed, inscribed and dated 'La Souris, El raton, Alice Rahon Paalen, Mexico, 45' (on the stretcher)
oil and sand on canvas
46 x 38cm (18 1/8 x 14 15/16in).
Painted in Mexico in 1945
We are most grateful to Dr. Salomon Grimberg for his assistance cataloguing this work.
We are most grateful to Ms. Tere Arcq for her assistance cataloguing this work.
Provenance
Maria Petrucci Collection, New York/Milan (a gift from the artist circa 1951–1952).
Private collection, Italy.
Thence by descent to the present owner.
Exhibited
New York, Nierendorf Gallery, Alice Rahon Paalen, 18 November – 7 December 1946, no. 12.
Hollywood, American Contemporary Gallery, 1949.
Guadalajara, Galería Arquitac, 1951.
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El raton
El raton
signed and indistinctly inscribed 'à Maria, pour sa fête de bon anniversaire, ∞ Alice. Alice Rahon' (lower right); signed, inscribed and dated 'La Souris, El raton, Alice Rahon Paalen, Mexico, 45' (on the stretcher)
oil and sand on canvas
46 x 38cm (18 1/8 x 14 15/16in).
Painted in Mexico in 1945
We are most grateful to Dr. Salomon Grimberg for his assistance cataloguing this work.
We are most grateful to Ms. Tere Arcq for her assistance cataloguing this work.
Provenance
Maria Petrucci Collection, New York/Milan (a gift from the artist circa 1951–1952).
Private collection, Italy.
Thence by descent to the present owner.
Exhibited
New York, Nierendorf Gallery, Alice Rahon Paalen, 18 November – 7 December 1946, no. 12.
Hollywood, American Contemporary Gallery, 1949.
Guadalajara, Galería Arquitac, 1951.
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