Lot 57
  • 57

Oscar Dominguez

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Oscar Dominguez
  • Dans l'Atelier, 1955
  • oil on canvas
  • Signed Dominguez and dated 55 upper left
  • 54,2 x 65,1 cm; 21 3/8 x 25 5/8 in.

Literature

Fernando Castro, Domínguez y el Surrealismo, Madrid, 1978, no. 326, illustrated p. 168 (under the title L’atelier III)
Isidro Hernández (ed.), Óscar Domínguez: una existencia de papel, Madrid, 2011, pp. 70 and following    

Condition

The canvas is lined. There is a network of stable hairline craquelure throughout the composition. There is some frame rubbing along the extreme edges with associated dots of retouching visible under UV light. There are a few additional tiny dots and lines of retouching in the grey pigment in the upper left quadrant. This work is in good condition.
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Catalogue Note

Ana Vázquez de Parga and Isidro Hernández Gutiérrez, Curator of the Collection Óscar Domínguez have confirmed the authenticity of this work.