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Lot 48
  • 48

Dorothea Tanning

Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 EUR
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Description

  • Dorothea Tanning
  • The Young Student (Le jeune étudiant)
  • signed Dorothea Tanning (lower right) ; signed, titled The Young Student and dated 46 on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 20.3 by 25.4 cm ; 8 by 10 in.

Provenance

Vladimir Sokoloff (acquired directly from the artist)
Private Collection, Los Angeles (a gift from the above)
Thence by descent to the present owner

Exhibited

New York, Julien Levy Gallery, Recent paintings by Dorothea Tanning, 1948, no. 18

Literature

Alain Bosquet, Dorothea Tanning, Paris, 1966, illustrated p. 37
Jean Christophe Bailly, Dorothea Tanning, New York, 1995, illustrated pl. 17, p. 62

Condition

The canvas is not lined and is slightly loose. A close inspection reveals a tiny spot of paint-loss in the extreme lower right corner and two along the top edge (which are not visible when framed). There is no evidence of retouching visible under UV light. This work is in very good original condition.
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