33(Marie Čermínová) TOYEN

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1902 – 1980

Cirque Conrado (Clowns)

Painting by Toyen is the most important part of her neo-primitivist period. provenance: - first owner - Toyen sister Mrs. Zdena Svobodova - important private collection, Paris Appended the restoration assessment from Vera Cedlova (National GalleryPrague restorer) Appended the expertize (authentication) from Dr. Karel Srp (author of the memoir Toyen and curator of the exhibition). It is the first auction sale of the painting. exhibited: - Paris (December 1925), "L Art daujourdhui", cat. No. 223 - Paris, Galerie dart contemporain (1926), "Styrsky-Toyen, cat.No.48 - Paris (1982), the Centre Georges Pompidou: "Styrsky, Toyen, Heisler, in the exhibition catalog, shown on page 13 published: - Vitezslav Nezval, Karel Teige: Prague 1938, No. 107 - Rita Bischof: Das malerische Werk, Neue kritik 1987, reproduced on page 17 - PhDr. Karel Srp, PhDr. Lenka Bydzovska: Toyen, reproduced on page 35, No. 27, published by Argo 2000