Live Auction 10646Christie's Interiors
Sir Roland Penrose (London 1900-1984 Farley Chiddingly, East Sussex)
Lot 155

Sir Roland Penrose (London 1900-1984 Farley Chiddingly, East Sussex)

Postcard collage with the Eiffel Tower

Closed19 May 2015

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GBP 1,625

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Sir Roland Penrose (London 1900-1984 Farley Chiddingly, East Sussex)
Postcard collage with the Eiffel Tower
signed and inscribed 'for the Angelic Diane Lady Penrose/hommages et salutations tres distiguées de son admirateur./ Roland de Riaz' (on the reverse)
mixed media collage on paper
7 ¼ x 12 ½ in. ( 18.4 x 31.7 cm.)

Specialist note

The inscription on the reverse refers to Ms Diane Deriaz - a French trapeze artist Penrose met in 1953. She was present at the creation of many of his collages, and joined him in his travels to France, Sri-Lanka, Kenya and the Seychelles in the 80s- the main sources of inspiration for Penrose's postcard collages. (See: A. Penrose, The Home of the Surrealists, Lincoln, 2001.)