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The Vanguard Spirit: Modern and Surrealist Masterworks From an Important Estate

Alejandro Xul Solar

Paisaje (Cinco pagodas)

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November 15, 10:48 PM GMT

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 USD

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The Vanguard Spirit: Modern and Surrealist Masterworks From an Important Estate

Alejandro Xul Solar

1887 - 1963


Paisaje (Cinco pagodas)

signed Xul and dated 1949 (lower left)

watercolor on paper mounted on board

15⅛ by 12½ in.

38.5 by 32 cm.

Executed in 1949.

Lita Xul Solar, Buenos Aires (acquired directly from the artist)
Galería Rubbers, Buenos Aires (acquired from the above)
Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above)
Private Collection (acquired from the above)
Christie's New York, 17 May 1993, lot 35 (consigned by the above)
Private Collection (acquired from the above)
Sotheby's New York, 3 June 1999, lot 39 (consigned by the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Mario Gradowczyk, Alejandro Xul Solar (1887 - 1963), Buenos Aires, 1988, pp. 56-57, illustrated in color
Juana Libedinsky, "Después de los remates de arte latinoamericano en Nueva York Berni, Molina Campos y xul Solar se consolidan," La Nación, Buenos Aires, 7 June 1999, illustrated
Museo Xul Solar Fundación Pan Klub, Xul Solar: Catálogo razonado, obra completa, Buenos Aires, 2016, p. 383, no. 855, illustrated in color
Buenos Aires, Galería Guión, Muestra de cuadros de A. Xul Solar, 1951, no. 2 [titled Cinco pagodas]
Buenos Aires, Galería Rubbers, Xul Solar, 1980, no. 7 [titled Cinco pagodas]
Buenos Aires, CAYC, Xul Solar, exposicón en ocasión de la reunión del ICOM, 1986
Buenos Aires, CAYC, Cultura de lo surreal, 1988
Buenos Aires, Galería Kramer, Alejandro Xul Solar (1887 - 1963), 1988, no. 21
Maldonado, Museo de Arte Americano de Maldonado, Alejandro Xul Solar (1887 - 1963), 1990, no. 11