Metamorphosis (Transformation)

Item code: 57688

1937

oil, canvas

h 66 ✕ w 50 cm

Signature: RD Styrsky 1937

Provenance: the collection of Marie Čermínová alias Toyen (she inherited the painting after the artist's death and took it to Paris); Maldoror Gallery, Prague

Exposed: Štyrský and Toyen. 3rd exhibition (2nd exhibition of the surrealist group) Prague, Topičův salon, 1938, No. 10 Štyrský's posthumous exhibition, Mánes, 4... more Exposed: Štyrský and Toyen. 3rd exhibition (2nd exhibition of the surrealist group) Prague, Topičův salon, 1938, No. 10 Štyrský's posthumous exhibition, Mánes, 4 April - 25 April 1946, held as the 364th exhibition of SVU Mánes, No. 206 Toyen - Štyrský - Heisler, Center Georges Pompidou, Musée national d´art moderne, Paris, cat. P. 31 XLII esposizione internationale d’arte, Venice, 1986 (label on the back, not documented) Lenka Bydžovská and Karel Srp, Czech Surrealism 1929–1953, Gallery of the Capital City of Prague, 16 October 1996. - 5 January 1997, No. 296 Lenka Bydžovská and Karel Srp, Beauty will be convulsive, Aleš South Bohemian Gallery, Zámecká jízdárna, Hluboká nad Vltavou, 15 May - 2 October 2016 Jindřich Štyrský, House at the Stone Bell (May 30 - September 9, 2007), No. 248

Reproduced: Lenka Bydžovská & Karel Srp, Jindřich Štyrský, Argo, Prague, 2007, Fig. 533, p. 408; Fig. 709, p. 542 - captured in a photograph of the author's duo F... more Reproduced: Lenka Bydžovská & Karel Srp, Jindřich Štyrský, Argo, Prague, 2007, Fig. 533, p. 408; Fig. 709, p. 542 - captured in a photograph of the author's duo František Illek & Alexandr Paul documenting Štyrský's apartment after his death Czech Surrealism, Argo, 1996, Fig. 150 Beauty will be convulsive, Arbor Vitae, p. 429

framed, label of exhibition Venezia, 86, illegible stamp on the back, professional expertise PhDr. Karel Srp, PhDr. Rea Michalová, Ph.D

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