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André Breton (1896-1966)

Lot 160
05.04.2023 14:00UTC +02:00
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€ 6 930
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationFrance, Paris
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ID 930180
Lot 160 | André Breton (1896-1966)
Estimate value
€ 2 000 – 3 000
André Breton (1896-1966)

Où est Carthage ?

signé des initiales 'AB' (en bas à droite) et daté '29-10-58' (en bas à gauche)

collage, carte à jouer et plume et encre sur papier

22 x 16.3 cm.

Exécuté le 29 octobre 1958



signed with the initials 'AB' (lower right) and dated '29-10-58' (lower left)

collage, playing card and pen and ink on paper

8 3/4 x 6 1/2 in.

Executed on 29 October 1958





Provenance

Atelier de l'artiste.

Collection particulière, France (par descendance); sa vente, Mes Calmels et Cohen, Paris, 15 avril 2003, lot 4243.

Blake Byrne, Los Angeles; sa vente, John Moran Auctioneers, Los Angeles, 9 juin 2021, lot 1014.

Acquis au cours de cette vente par le propriétaire actuel.



Literature

J.-M. Goutier, André Breton, Je vois, j'imagine, Paris, 1991, p. 177, no. 66 (illustré en couleurs, p. 97).



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