Peau de soleil

Provenance

The artist, San Ángel, Mexico D.F.; sold through Stendhal Gallery, Los Angeles, to Mr. Elmer V. Staude (1910–2006) and Mrs. Marguerite Brunswig Staude (1899–1988), Los Angeles, Van Nuys, and Monterey, CA, Mar. 1945 [New York 1945 and verso label]; by descent to John R. Staude (born 1937); sold Christie’s, New York, May 23, 2019, lot 234 to Hector Fanghanel (1952–2019), Mexico City; by descent to the Fiord Trust, Mexico City; sold through Gallery Wendi Norris, San Francisco, to the Art Institute of Chicago, September 15, 2020.

Peau de soleil

Alice Rahon

1944

Accession Number

257310

Medium

Oil, sand, pebbles and string on canvas

Dimensions

71 × 91.4 cm (28 × 36 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Mary and Leigh Block Endowment Fund