The Sky Above the City

Details

Alice Rahon (French/Mexican 1904-1987)
The Sky Above the City
signed and dated 'Alice 45' (lower right)
oil and sand on canvas
23 7/8 x 28 7/8 in. (60.7 x 73.3 cm.)
Painted in 1945.

Provenance

Galerie 1900-2000, Paris.
Acquired from the above (July 2005).

Literature

T. Arcq, Alice Rahon: Una surrealista en México (1939-1987), Mexico City, Museo de Arte Moderno, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, 2009, p. 84 (illustrated in color).
Exhibition catalogue, G. Vicario, Cosmopolitan Routes: Houston Collects Latin American Art, Houston, Museum of Fine Arts Houston and Hartford, Yale University Press, 2011, p. 59, no. 31 (illustrated in color).
I. Fort, et al., In Wonderland: The Surrealists Adventures of Women Artists in Mexico City and the United States, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Art Museum, 2012, p. 17, no. 5 (illustrated in color).

Exhibited

Mexico City, Museo de Arte Moderno, Alice Rahon: Una surrealista en México, 9 April-27 September 2009. This exhibition also travelled to Tijuana Baja, California, El Cubo, November 2009 - February 2010.
Houston, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Cosmopolitan Routes: Houston Collects Latin American Art, 23 October 2010-6 February 2011, no. 31.
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Art Museum, In Wonderland: The Surrealists Adventures of Women Artists in Mexico City and the United States, 29 January - 6 May 2012, no. 5. This exhibition also travelled to Quebec, Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec, 7 June 3-September 2012, Mexico City, Museo de Arte de Moderno, 27 September 2012-13 January 2013.

Lot Essay

Please note this work has been requested on loan for the forthcoming exhibition, Frida Kahlo e as mulheres surrealistas no México at the Instituto Tomie Ohtake in São Paulo from 24 September 2015–10 January 2016. This exhibition is also scheduled to travel to the Museu Oscar Niemeyer, Curitiba from January–March 2016 (specific dates to be confirmed).

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