Lot 81: Reuben Mednikoff (1906-1976)

The Anatomy of Space
signed 'R. MEDNIKOFF' (on the stretcher), signed again and inscribed 'The Anatomy of Space/Reuben Mednikoff' (on a label attached to the frame)
oil on canvas
43 1/2 x 33 3/4 in. (110.5 x 85.8 cm.)
Painted in 1936.

Colchester, The Minories and Hull, Ferens Art Gallery, A Salute to British Surrealism 1930-1950, April - May 1985, no. 51.
Finland, Retretti Arts Centre, Surrealismi - Surrealism, May - September 1987, not numbered. Milan, Palazzo Reale, I Surrealisti, May - September 1989, not numbered.
Leeds Museums and Galleries, Sluice Gates of the Mind, January - March 1998, no. 71.
Aldeburgh, Peter Pears Gallery, Festival Exhibition, June 2006, no. 10.

Exhibition catalogue, Surrealismi - Surrealism, Finland, Retretti Arts Centre, 1986, p. 58, pl. 90, illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Sluice Gates of the Mind, Leeds, Museums & Galleries, January - March 1998, p. 60, no. 71.

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