The Sleep of Reason | A Private Collection of Surrealist Art Online
The Sleep of Reason | A Private Collection of Surrealist Art Online
The Sleep of Reason: A Private Collection of Surrealist Art Online
Lot Closed
May 20, 04:12 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
LEON KELLY (1901 - 1982)
WINTER BIRD
Signed Leon Kelly and dated 1945 (lower right); signed 'Leon Kelly' and dated 1945 (on the reverse)
Oil on canvas
15 by 9 in. (38.1 by 22.8 cm)
Framed: 20¼ by 14⅛ in. (51.4 by 36 cm)
Painted in 1945.
Julien Levy, New York
Jean Levy, New York (by descent from the above and sold by the estate: Tajan, Paris, April 21, 2005, lot 314)
Richard Feigen Gallery, Chicago
Gallery of Surrealism, New York
Acquired from the above on October 18, 2005
Baltimore, International Gallery, Inc., Leon Kelly: Retrospective Exhibition, 1920-1964, 1965, no. 33