Live Auction 15922Latin American Art
Alice Rahon (1904-1987)
Lot 234 PROPERTY FROM A WEST COAST COLLECTOR

Alice Rahon (1904-1987)

Peau de soleil no. 1

Closed23 May 2019

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USD 40,000

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Alice Rahon (1904-1987)
Peau de soleil no. 1
signed, dated and titled 'Alice Paalen, 44, Peau de soleil no. 1' (on the reverse)
oil and sand on canvas
28 ¾ x 36 in. (73 x 91.4 cm.)
Painted in 1944.

Stendahl Art Galleries, Los Angeles, California.
Mr. and Mrs. E.V. Staude, Los Angeles, California (acquired from the above, March 1945).
Private collection, Big Sur California (gifted from the above).
By descent from the above to the present owner.

Specialist note

Please also note this work is inscribed 'W.R. Paalen' (on stretcher bar)
We are grateful to Dr. Salomón Grimberg for his assistance cataloguing this work.