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PAULA REGO (1935-2022)

Lot 20
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ID 1044972
Lot 20 | PAULA REGO (1935-2022)
Estimate value
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PAULA REGO (1935-2022)

Dancing Ostriches from Walt Disney's 'Fantasia'

pastel on paper mounted on aluminium, in two parts

(i) 63 5/8 x 60 1/8in. (161.5 x 152.6cm.)

(ii) 63 x 47 ½in. (160 x 120.5cm.)

Executed in 1995





Provenance

Marlborough Fine Art Inc., New York.

Saatchi Collection, London.

Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2008.



Literature

S. Kent and J. McEwen, Paula Rego: The Dancing Ostriches from Disney’s ’Fantasia’, London 1996, pp. 16 and 34 (partially illustrated in colour, pp. 31-32).

J. McEwen, Paula Rego, London 1997, p. 229 (illustrated in colour, pp. 230-231).

F. Bradley, Paula Rego, London 2002, no. 62 (illustrated in colour, p. 76).

J. McEwen, Paula Rego: Behind the Scenes, London 2008, p. 36.

E. Booth-Clibborn (ed.), The History of the Saatchi Gallery, London 2011 (illustrated in colour, pp. 430-431).

W. Cook, ‘Fantasia in paint: How Paula Rego made Disney dance’ in BBC Arts, October 2016 (illustrated in colour).

D. Rees-Jones, Paula Rego: The Art of Story, London 2019, pp. 134 and 177 (illustrated in colour, pp. 184-185).



Exhibited

London, Hayward Gallery, Spellbound: Art and Film, 1996 (right panel illustrated in colour, p. 112.)

New York, Marlborough Gallery Inc., Paula Rego: New Work, 1996-1997, no. 6 (illustrated in colour, unpaged).

Paris, Fondation Dina Vierny-Musée Maillol, L'École de Londres de Bacon à Bevan, 1998-1999, p. XI (illustrated in colour, p. 184-185). This exhibition later travelled to Santiago de Compostela, Auditorio de Galicia and Vienna, Kunst Haus Wien. Museum Hundertwasser.

Liverpool, Tate Gallery Liverpool, Paula Rego, 1997, p. 150, nos. 72 and 73 (right panel illustrated in colour, p. 103; left panel illustrated in colour, p. 111). This exhibition later travelled to Lisbon, Centro Cultural de Belém.

Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Paula Rego, 2007-2008, p. 279 (illustrated in colour, pp. 146-147; right panel illustrated in colour, p. 259). This exhibition later travelled to Washington, National Museum of Women in the Arts.

Cascais, Casa das Histórias Paula Rego, Paula Rego, 2009-2010 (illustrated in colour, p. 33).

Monterrey, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Paula Rego, 2010-2011, cat. 067 (illustrated in colour, pp. 100-101). This exhibition later travelled to Sao Paulo, Pinacoteca de São Paulo.

London, Marlborough Fine Art, Paula Rego: Dancing Ostriches, 2016, nos. 7 and 8 (illustrated in colour, unpaged).

Paris, Musée de l'Orangerie, Les contes cruels de Paula Rego, 2018-2019, pp. 34, 54, 73 and 201, no. 92 a and b (illustrated in colour, pp. 162-163).

Milton Keynes, MK Gallery, Paula Rego: Obedience and Defiance, 2019-2020, pp. 124 and 172-173 (illustrated in colour, p. 125; left panel illustrated in colour, p. 165; right panel illustrated in colour, p. 167). This exhibition later travelled to Edinburgh, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and Dublin, Irish Museum of Modern Art.

London, Marlborough Gallery, On View: Works by Paula Rego, 2021.

Hannover, Kestner Gesellschaft, Paula Rego: There and Back Again, 2022-2023.



Further Details

This work has been requested for loan to the Kunstmuseum Basel in 2024-2025.
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