Lot 139. Untitled (Feline Head)

Toyen (Marie Čermínová)
(1902 – 1980)
Created: 
around 1955
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.
Starting/Selling price
680.000 Kč
  |  
26 150 EUR
Estimate
800.000 – 1.200.000 Kč
  |  
30 770 – 46 150 EUR
Price realized
2.450.000 Kč