Sir Roland Penrose (1900-1984), Artifact

Sir Roland Penrose (1900-1984)
Artifact
dated and inscribed 'ARTIFACT 37' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
24 x 18 in. (61 x 45.7 cm.)
Painted in 1937

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Provenance
The artist’s collection, until at least 1982.
Galerie 1900-2000, Paris.
Private collection, Germany, by whom acquired from the above, circa 1990.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Pre-Lot Text
PROPERTY FROM THE SEIDENFELD COLLECTION, NEW YORK

Literature
R. Penrose, Scrap Book, 1900-1981, London, 1981 (illustrated fig. 237, p. 99).

Exhibited
King's Lynn, Fermoy Arts Centre, Roland Penrose, July - August 1980, no. 16, p. 24 (titled 'Artefact'); this exhibition later travelled to London, Institute of Contemporary Arts, August - September 1980; Bristol, Arnolfini, October - November 1980; Preston, Harris Museum & Art Gallery, November - December 1980; Hull, Ferens Art Gallery, December 1980 - January 1981; and Barcelona, Fundació Joan Miró, Roland Penrose: Pintures, dibuixos, collages i objectes, February - March 1981, no. 18, p. 22 (titled 'Artefacte').
Paris, Galerie 1900-2000, Les enfants d'Alice: La peinture surréaliste en Angleterre, 1930-1960, May - June 1982, no. 111, pp. 83 & 99 (illustrated p. 83; with incorrect dimensions).
Edinburgh, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, The Surrealist and the Photographer: Roland Penrose, Lee Miller, May - September 2001, no. 13, n.p. (illustrated; with incorrect dimensions).