Esteban Francés (Portbou, 1913 - Deia, 1976)
Untitled (Composition surréaliste), circa 1941-1942
Tempera, wax pencil and colored pencils on paper
Signed on the bottom right
36 x 58 cm
Provenance:
- Galerie 1900-2000, Paris
- Geneviève and Jean-Paul Kahn collection, Paris

Exhibitions:
- Marseilles, Musee Cantini, "La planète affolée", 12 April - 30 June 1986
- Milan, Palazzo Reale, "I Surrealisti", 7 June - 10 September 1989, described in the catalogue p. 629 and illustrated p. 516
- Pazo de Bendana, Fundacion Eugenio Granell, "Esteban Francés 1913 - 1976", 17 January - 10 March 1997
- Leones, Instituto Leones de Cultura, "Esteban Francés 1913 - 1976", 21 March - 11 May 1997
-Madrid, Sala de la Comunidad de Madrid, "Esteban Francés 1913 - 1976", September - November 1997, described in the catalogue under no. 12 p. 138 and illustrated p. 93

Bibliography:
- Edouard Jaguer "Le surréalisme II, Planisphère surréaliste", n 43 of "XXème siècle" journal, Paris, 1974, illustrated in the catalogue p. 144
- Gerard Durozoi, "Histoire du mouvement surréaliste", Ed. Hazan, Paris, 2004, illustrated in the catalogue p. 323