Gaston Chaissac
1910 - 1964
L'escargot lunaire. 1958.
Oil on canvas.
Lower left signed. 73 x 54 cm (28.7 x 21.2 in). [KA].

• Fascinating, dreamlike composition by French painter and poet Gaston Chaissac.
• Significant exhibition history, including at the Musée National d'Art Moderne de Paris and Kunst Museum Winterthur, Switzerland.
• Part of an important Berlin private collection for almost 35 years.

PROVENANCE: Jean Le Guillou, Nantes.
Galerie Limmer, Freiburg (label on the reverse of the frame).
Private collection, Berlin (acquired from the above in 1991).

EXHIBITION: Chaston Chaissac, Musée National d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, May 12–August 27, 1973, cat. no. 125, with ill. (verso on the stretcher with the label).
Chaissac, Objekte, Bilder, Gouachen, Zeichnungen, Kunstmuseum Winterthur, January 24–March 8, 1981; Kunsthalle Bremen, March 29–April 26, 1981, cat. no. 53 (verso on the stretcher with the label).
Chaissac. Tableaux, collages, gouaches, objets, dessins, Musée d'Unterlinden, Colmar, June 15–October 6, 1985; Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, February 7–April 8, 1986; Ulmer Museum, June 8–July 13, 1986, cat. no. 33.
Gaston Chaissac 1910–1964, Neue Galerie der Stadt Linz, March 14–June 9, 1996; Kunsthalle Tübingen, June 22–August 11, 1996; Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal, November 10, 1996–January 5, 1997; Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, January 25–April 6, 1997, cat. no. 116 (with full-color ill., p. 166).

LITERATURE: Charbonneaux, Paris, Tableaux de maîtres du XX e siècle, Art contemporain: Vente à Paris, Drouot Montaigne, April 8, 1990, lot 125 (illu.).

In good condition. The corners and edges of the image are slightly rubbed in places. Two traces of varnish at the bottom center, probably due to the manufacturing process. The condition report was prepared in daylight and with the aid of a UV light source to the best of our knowledge and belief.