ID 908071
Lot 121 | DOROTHEA TANNING (1910-2012)
Estimate value
£ 250 000 – 350 000
The Moonstone Effect (formerly Opale, Opale, Opale)
signed 'Dorothea Tanning' (lower right)
oil on canvas
44 5/8 x 57 1/2 in. (113.4 x 146 cm.)
Painted in 1959 and 2005
Provenance
William and Noma Copley, Paris & New York, by whom acquired directly from the artist.
Noma Copley, New York.
Dorothea Tanning, New York, by whom acquired from the above circa 2005.
The artist's estate, New York.
The Destina Foundation, New York, by bequest.
Private collection, Hong Kong, by whom acquired from the above in 2019 via the intermediation of Alison Jacques Gallery.
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Edouard Loeb, Societé d'Art Saint-Germain des Prés and Paris, Galerie Mouradian Vallotton, Dorothea Tanning, May - June 1959, n.p. (titled 'Opale, Opale, Opale').
Knokke-Le Zoute, Casino Communal, XXe Festival belge d'été: Dorothea Tanning, June - August 1967, no. 44. n.p. (titled 'Opale, Opale, Opale'; dated '1959').
New York, Kent Gallery, Dorothea Tanning, Insomnias, 1956-1963, October - December 2005, no. 6, n.p. (dated '1959').
Special Notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
Post Lot Text
We are grateful to The Dorothea Tanning Foundation for their assistance in cataloguing this work.
Artist: | Dorothea Tanning (1910 - 2012) |
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Applied technique: | Oil, Oil on canvas, Painted |
Medium: | Canvas, Textile |
Art style: | Modern art |
Auction house category: | Paintings |
Artist: | Dorothea Tanning (1910 - 2012) |
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Applied technique: | Oil, Oil on canvas, Painted |
Medium: | Canvas, Textile |
Art style: | Modern art |
Auction house category: | Paintings |
Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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Conditions of purchase | Conditions of purchase |
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