Lot Toyen (Marie Čermínová) - Sans titre / Bez názvu (hlava kočkovité šelmy) Untitled (Feline Head)

oil, gouache, silver paint, ink on canvas Dimensions: 16 x 10 cm (29 x 18,5 cm) original adjustment and original frame   Provenance: - Private collection of André Breton (1896–1966), the famous founder and main theoretician of the Surrealist movement, writer and a poet, who was gifted this work by Toyen in 1950s - Private collection of André Breton’s daughter Aube Elleouet-Breton - Gallery 1900–2000 Paris - Private collection, Paris   An authenticity confirmation by Aube Elleouet-Breton, André Breton’s daughter, attached.   Consulted with Professor Jaromir Zemina, Dr Karel Srp, Dr Jiri Machalicky, Aneta Kopecka and Vladimir Lekes.   An expert’s report written by Dr Karel Srp attached.