ID 1164012
Lot 111 | YVES TANGUY (1900-1955)
Estimate value
£ 500 000 – 800 000
Parure d’insomnie (Clothed in Wakefulness)
signed and dated 'YVES TANGUY 47' (lower right); inscribed ‘PARURE D’INSOMNIE’ (on the turnover edge)
oil on canvas
18 x 15 1⁄8 in. (45.8 x 38.5 cm.)
Painted in 1947
Provenance
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, by 1963.
Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris.
Isidore & Ida Cohen, New York, by 1974.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 14 May 1980, lot 250.
Private collection, Pennsylvania; sale, Christie’s, New York, 8 May 1991, lot 43.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
P. Matisse & K. Sage, eds., Yves Tanguy, Un Recueil de ses œuvres / A summary of his Works, New York, 1963, no. 382, p. 166 (illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, Acquavella Galleries, Yves Tanguy, November – December 1974, no. 38 (illustrated).
| Artist: | Yves Tanguy (1900 - 1955) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Surrealism |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | Yves Tanguy (1900 - 1955) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Surrealism |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Address of auction |
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