Characters Coming Out of the Clouds, 1974
121.9 cms x 91.4 cms (48 ins x 36 ins)
Signed and dated 1974 lower left
made in 1974
Lot offered for sale by Cowley Abbott, Toronto at the auction event "Select Masterworks of Canadian & International Art" held on Wed, May 28, 2025.
Lot 48667
Lot 48667
Estimate: CAD $25,000 - $35,000
Realised: CAD $90,000
Realised: CAD $90,000
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Galerie Manfred, Ontario
Private Collection, Ontario
Exhibitions:
E.F. Granell Paintings and Drawings", Galerie Manfred, Dundas, 15 October-11 November 1977"
Literature:
"E.F. Granell Paintings and Drawings", Dundas, 1977, unpaginated, reproduced
Notes:
Eugenio Fernández Granell was a significant contributor to the Surrealist movement. Born in La Coruña, Spain, in 1912, Granell took up an interest in art and music as a child and, at the age of sixteen, moved to Madrid to begin studying violin at the Escuela Superior de Música. At the Spanish Civil War outbreak, while contributing articles about music and politics to various magazines, Granell joined the Left Opposition party and, in 1935, the P.O.U.M. (Worker’s Party of Marxist Unification) party. He first encountered Surrealism by meeting Pierre Naville, a French Surrealist.
Galerie Manfred, Ontario
Private Collection, Ontario
Exhibitions:
E.F. Granell Paintings and Drawings", Galerie Manfred, Dundas, 15 October-11 November 1977"
Literature:
"E.F. Granell Paintings and Drawings", Dundas, 1977, unpaginated, reproduced
Notes:
Eugenio Fernández Granell was a significant contributor to the Surrealist movement. Born in La Coruña, Spain, in 1912, Granell took up an interest in art and music as a child and, at the age of sixteen, moved to Madrid to begin studying violin at the Escuela Superior de Música. At the Spanish Civil War outbreak, while contributing articles about music and politics to various magazines, Granell joined the Left Opposition party and, in 1935, the P.O.U.M. (Worker’s Party of Marxist Unification) party. He first encountered Surrealism by meeting Pierre Naville, a French Surrealist.
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(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Cowley Abbott auction house for permission to use.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Cowley Abbott auction house for permission to use.