KURT SELIGMANN Bâle 1900 - New York 1962 La rencontre des éléments, 1940 Technique mixte sur verre, 66 x 81,3 cm Signé et daté en haut à droite Provenance : Collection Kurt et Arlette Seligmann Christie's New York, 1993, lot n° 261 Collection privée, Italie Bibliographie : M.Sawin, Magus, Magic, Magnet : The Archaizing Surrealism of Kurt Seligmann, Art Magazine, 1986, vol. 60, no. 6, ill. p. 78 Kurt Seligmann. First Message from the Spirit World of the Object, San Francisco, 2015, ill. p. 54

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