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ÓSCAR DOMÍNGUEZ (1906-1957)

Lot 112
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Lot 112 | ÓSCAR DOMÍNGUEZ (1906-1957)
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ÓSCAR DOMÍNGUEZ (1906-1957)

Machine à coudre électro-sexuelle

signed and dated 'OSCAR DOMINGUEZ 1934' (upper left); signed and dated again 'OSCAR DOMINGUEZ 1935' (lower left)

oil on canvas

39 1/2 x 31 7/8 in. (100.2 x 80.8 cm.)

Painted in 1934-1935





Provenance

Eduardo Westerdahl, Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

Galerie André François Petit, Paris, by 1966 and until at least 1971.

Galeria Biosca, Madrid.

Private collection, Spain, by whom acquired from the above circa 1975, and thence by descent; sale, Christie's, London, 24 June 2008, lot 74.

Private collection, Europe, by whom acquired at the above sale; sale, Christie's, London, The Art of the Surreal, 6 February 2013, lot 127 ($3,307,638).

Gallery Wendi Norris, San Francisco.

Acquired from the above by the present owners in 2013.



Literature

E. Westerdahl, Oscar Domínguez, Barcelona, 1968, no. 23, p. 62 (titled 'Machine à coudre'; dated '1935' and with inverted dimensions).

Filipacchi (ed.), Oscar Domínguez, Paris, 1973, p. 21 (illustrated; dated '1934').

F. Castro, Óscar Domínguez y el Surrealismo, Madrid, 1978, no. VII, p. 118 (illustrated pl. VII; dated '1934').

Exh. cat., 10x Max Ernst, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf, 1978 (illustrated p. 35; dated '1934').

A. Zaya, Óscar Domínguez: el infierno de la civilización me Ilama a gritos negros, Madrid, 1992, p. 146 (illustrated; dated '1935').

V. Bozal, Arte del siglo XX en España; pintura y escultura, Madrid, 1995, p. 591 (illustrated; dated '1935').

Exh. cat., Óscar Domínguez, surrealista, Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, 2002 (illustrated in situ p. 24).

V. Serrano & C. Migletti, eds., La Part de jeu et du rêve: Óscar Domínguez et le surréalisme 1906-1957, exh. cat., Musée Cantini, Marseille, 2005 (illustrated fig. 4; dated '1934').



Exhibited

Santa Cruz, Círculo de Bellas Artes de Tenerife, La Exposición de Arte Contemporáneo, June 1936.

Tel Aviv, Museum of Art, Le Surréalisme, December 1966 - January 1967, no. 25 (dated '1934').

Hamburg, Kunstverein, Malerei des Surrealismus, April - May 1969, no. 37 (illustrated pl. 43.; dated '1934')

Stockholm, Moderna Museet, Surrealism?, March - April 1970, no. 21, p. 109 (illustrated p. 75; dated '1935'); this exhibition later travelled to Gothenburg, Göteborgs Konsthall, April - May 1970; Sundsvall, Sundsvalls Museum, May - June 1970 and Malmo, Malmö Museum, June 1970.

Bordeaux, Galerie des Beaux Arts, Exposition "Le Surréalisme"', May - September 1971, no. 64, p. 53 (illustrated; dated '1934').

Munich, Haus der Kunst, Der Surrealismus, 1922-1942, March - May 1972, no. 112 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Paris, Musée des Arts décoratifs, June - September 1972, no. 106.

Madrid, Galería Biosca, Óscar Domínguez, October - November 1973, no. 13 (illustrated).

Barcelona, Galería Laietana, Óscar Domínguez, February - March 1974, no. 31 (illustrated).

Bern, Kunsthalle, Junggesellenmaschinen, Les Machines Célibataires, July - August 1975, p. 88 (illustrated p. 89; dated '1935').

Paris, Musée d'Art moderne de la Ville de Paris, Le siècle de Picasso, October - November 1987, no. 69 (illustrated p. 124).

Las Palmas, Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, El Surrealismo entre Viejo y Nuevo Mundo, December 1989 - February 1990, p. 147 (illustrated; dated '1935').

Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, El Surrealismo en España, October 1994 - January 1995, no. 50, p. 363 (illustrated p. 168; dated '1934').

Vienna, Kunsthalle, Das grausame Spiel: Surrealismus in Spanien, 1924-1939, May - July 1995, no. 54, p. 385 (illustrated p. 113); this exhibition later travelled to Dusseldorf, Kunsthalle, February - April 1995; Verona, Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Dalí, Miró, Picasso e il Surrealismo spagnolo, July - October 1995, p. 99 (illustrated).

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, Óscar Domínguez, Antológica 1926-1957, January - March 1996, no. 17, p. 254 (illustrated p. 101; dated '1934'); this exhibition later travelled to Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Centro de Arte 'La Granja', April - May 1996 and Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, June - September 1996.

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, Máquinas, September - November, 2000, pp. 46 & 194 (illustrated p. 47; dated '1934').

London, Tate Modern, Surrealism: desire unbound, September 2001 - January 2002, pp. 245 & 329 (illustrated fig. 241, p. 244; dated '1934').

Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, on loan from 2008 - 2012.



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La Asociación en defensa de Óscar Domínguez and Isidro Hernández, Curator of the Óscar Domínguez Collection (Tenerife), confirmed the authenticity of this work.



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Please note that La Asociación en defensa de Óscar Domínguez and Isidro Hernández, Curator of the Óscar Domínguez Collection (Tenerife), has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
Artist:Óscar Domínguez (1906 - 1957)
Applied technique:Oil, Oil on canvas, Painted
Medium:Canvas, Textile
Art style:Modern art
Place of origin:Europe, Spain
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