MARCEL JEAN | Rêveur paradoxal

Daniel Filipacchi, Paris
Sale: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, June 16, 2011, lot 375
Acquired at the above sale by Dr. Arthur Brandt

New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Surrealism: Two Private Eyes, The Nesuhi Ertegun and Daniel Filipacchi Collections, 1999, no. 588, illustrated in the catalogue vol. II

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down, hinged to the overmount in two places along the upper edge with tape. The all four edges are deckled with a few associated minor paper losses and nicks and there is a small repaired tear (approx. 0.5 cm long) to the centre of the upper edge. There are pinholes to the centre of the upper edge. Collage elements are stable. There are some tears, the most of them are repaired tears and some of them appears to be original, to the collage elements. There is some glue remnant in places, inherent to the application of medium. Ink appears to have slightly faded. The sheet is slightly undulating with some faint handling marks along the extreme edges. There is some minor mount staining along the extreme edges, the sheet is light stained and there are a few scattered dots of foxing in places. This work is in overall good condition.
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