Oscar Dominguez (Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 1905 - Paris, 1957)
Hirondelle de l'eau, 1938
Oil on canvas
Signed, dated and dedicated on the bottom right "A Lili, la petite irondelle de l'eau, très amicalement. Oscar Dominguez. 1938"
41 x 24 cm

Provenance:
- Former Marcel Jean, Paris
- Paris auction, Hôtel Drouot, Collection Marcel Jean, Etude Boisgirard, 20 May 1994, lot 115
- Genevieve and Jean-Paul Kahn collection, Paris

Exhibitions:
- Leverkusen, Stadtisches Museum Schloss Morsbroich, "Oscar Dominguez", 1 December 1967 - 14 January 1968, illustrated in the catalogue p. 25
- Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, "Passions privées", December 1995 - March 1996, illustrated in the catalogue under no. 18 pp. 192 and 198
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno, "Oscar Dominguez. Antologica 1926 - 1957", 23 January - 31 March 1996
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Centro de arte "La Granja", "Oscar Dominguez. Antologica 1926 - 1957", 19 April - 18 May 1996

- Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, 25 June - 16 September 1996, described in the catalogue p. 259 n 55 and illustrated p. 139

Bibliography:
- G. Xuriguera, "Oscar Dominguez", Ed. Filipacchi, Paris, 1973, illustrated in the catalogue p. 24
- F. Castro, "Oscar Dominguez y el Surrealismo", Catedra, Madrid, 1978, illustrated under no. XIII pp. 93 and 127
- P. Waldberg, "Dada et Surréalisme", Ed. Rive Gauche, Paris, 1981, described in the catalogue p. 229

The buyer will be provided with an authenticity certificate from the Association pour la defense de l'oeuvre d'Oscar Dominguez.

This work is registered in the association's archives under no. 0D2024-002.

Our thanks to Mr. Isidro Hernandez, head curator of the Collection Oscar Dominguez in the Tenerife Espacio por las Artes (TEA), for his kind contribution and for the information provided.