Le Balcon, Dorothea Tanning
Property from a Private Swiss Collection
Dorothea Tanning
1910 - 2012
Le Balcon
signed Dorothea Tanning and dated 54 (lower right)
oil on canvas
90 by 20.7cm., 35⅜ by 8⅛in.
Framed: 91.3 by 22.1cm., 36 by 8¾in.
Painted in 1954.
We are grateful to The Dorothea Tanning Foundation for their assistance in cataloguing this work.
Condition Report:
The canvas is not lined and UV inspection does not reveal any signs of retouching. There is a tiny protrusion with associated paint loss to the centre of the right edge and some minor abrasion to parts of the extreme edges. There are a few fly spots in places, and a few small surface accretions. There is some minor scuffing to the centre of the left edge. This work is in overall very good condition.
Condition 11 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers (Online Only) is not applicable to this lot.
Provenance:
Dr. Mario Tazzoli, Turin
The Spence Collection, New York (acquired from the above)
Timothy Baum, New York
Marie-Claude Tubiana, Paris
Private Collection, Geneva (acquired circa 1980)
Thence by descent to the present owners
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Property from a Private Swiss Collection
Dorothea Tanning
1910 - 2012
Le Balcon
signed Dorothea Tanning and dated 54 (lower right)
oil on canvas
90 by 20.7cm., 35⅜ by 8⅛in.
Framed: 91.3 by 22.1cm., 36 by 8¾in.
Painted in 1954.
We are grateful to The Dorothea Tanning Foundation for their assistance in cataloguing this work.
Condition Report:
The canvas is not lined and UV inspection does not reveal any signs of retouching. There is a tiny protrusion with associated paint loss to the centre of the right edge and some minor abrasion to parts of the extreme edges. There are a few fly spots in places, and a few small surface accretions. There is some minor scuffing to the centre of the left edge. This work is in overall very good condition.
Condition 11 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers (Online Only) is not applicable to this lot.
Provenance:
Dr. Mario Tazzoli, Turin
The Spence Collection, New York (acquired from the above)
Timothy Baum, New York
Marie-Claude Tubiana, Paris
Private Collection, Geneva (acquired circa 1980)
Thence by descent to the present owners
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