TOYEN | ÉTUDE POUR "LES SPECTRES DU DÉSERT"

TOYEN (1902 - 1980)
ÉTUDE POUR "LES SPECTRES DU DÉSERT"

Signed Toyen and dated 37 (lower right)
Pen and ink on paper
10⅝ by 8¼ in. (27 by 21 cm)
Framed: 18¼ by 16⅜ in. (46.4 by 16.6 cm)
Executed in 1937.

Condition Report:
Executed on cream wove paper. The sheet is hinged with mounting corners at all four corners. The top-right and bottom edges are all slightly time stained as well as an area of the center of the composition. There are also minor scattered stains throughout the sheet. There are very slight handling creases to the upper-left and upper-right edges. The work is in good condition.

Provenance:
Gallery of Surrealism, New York

Acquired from the above