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ÉDOUARD LÉON THÉODORE MESENS(1903-1971)Le rire au fond du soir
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ÉDOUARD LÉON THÉODORE MESENS (1903-1971)
Le rire au fond du soir
signed 'Mesens.' (lower right) and dated '8/1960' (lower left)
oil, collage and brass elements on card
22 x 29cm (8 11/16 x 11 7/16in); 24.8 x 31cm (9 3/4 x 12 3/16in) (with the artist's frame)
Executed in August 1960
signed 'Mesens.' (lower right) and dated '8/1960' (lower left)
oil, collage and brass elements on card
22 x 29cm (8 11/16 x 11 7/16in); 24.8 x 31cm (9 3/4 x 12 3/16in) (with the artist's frame)
Executed in August 1960
Footnotes
Provenance
Private collection, Milan (a gift from the artist circa 1960-1961).
Exhibited
Turin, Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, Le Muse Inquietanti, Maestri del Surrealismo, November 1967 - January 1968, no. 191.
Milan, Galleria dei Bibliofili, Simbolismo, Surrealismo, 2 - 30 May 1972.
Milan, Galleria Zarathustra, La condizione eccentrica, December 1978 – January 1979.
Saleroom notices
Please note that this work was also exhibited in: Milan, Galleria del Naviglio, 407esima mostra, Omaggio a Cardazzo, 16 - 30 November 1964.
