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Property from a Private European Collection | Provenant d'une Collection Particulière Européenne

Dorothea Tanning

Mêlées nocturnes

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Auction Closed

March 16, 05:54 PM GMT

Estimate

350,000 - 500,000 EUR

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private European Collection

Dorothea Tanning

1910 - 2012

Mêlées nocturnes

signed Dorothea Tanning and dated 58 (lower right)

oil on canvas

145,6 x 97,5 cm; 57⅜ x 38⅜ in.

Painted in 1958.

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Provenant d'une Collection Particulière Européenne

Dorothea Tanning

1910 - 2012

Mêlées nocturnes

signé Dorothea Tanning et daté 58 (en bas à droite)

huile sur toile

145,6 x 97,5 cm; 57⅜ x 38⅜ in.

Peint en 1958.

Please note that there is a Guarantee and Irrevocable Bid on this lot. Please also note that the new estimate of the lot is 350 000-500 000 euros.// Veuillez noter que ce lot est garanti et que Sotheby's a reçu un ordre d'achat irrévocable. Veuillez également noter que la nouvelle estimation de ce lot est 350 000-500 000 euros.

Hélène Anavi, Paulhiac (her sale: Sotheby's, London, March 27-28, 1984, lot 52)

Private collection, Europe (acquired at the above sale and sold: Sotheb'ys, Paris, December 8, 2010, lot 50)

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

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Hélène Anavi, Paulhiac (sa vente: Sotheby's, Londres, 27-28 mars 1984, lot 52)

Collection particulière, Europe (acquis lors de cette vente et vendu: Sotheb'ys, Paris, 8 décembre 2010, lot 50)

Acquis lors de cette vente par le propriétaire actuel

Claire-Louise Bennett, "EYE of the STORM", in Frieze, no. 201, March 2019, p. 123, illustrated p. 121

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Claire-Louise Bennett, "EYE of the STORM", in Frieze, no. 201, mars 2019, p. 123, reproduit p. 121

Knokke-le-Zoute, Casino Communal, Dorothea Tanning, 1967, no. 38 (incorrectly dated as 1957)

Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía & London, Tate Modern, Dorothea Tanning, Behind the Door, Another Invisible Door, 2018-19, illustrated in the catalogue p. 146

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Knokke-le-Zoute, Casino Communal, Dorothea Tanning, 1967, no. 38 (incorrectement daté 1957)

Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía & Londres, Tate Modern, Dorothea Tanning, Behind the Door, Another Invisible Door, 2018-19, reproduit dans le catalogue p. 146