
Préfiguration de l’attente
Victor Brauner's Préfiguration de l'attente is an oil painting that reflects the artist's Surrealist sensibilities and interest in anticipation and psychological states. The work demonstrates Brauner's characteristic blend of figuration and dreamlike imagery.
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Location
- Sotheby's, New York, NY
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Sotheby'sView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
Past/Forward - Part I
October 26, 2021
Estimate: $100,000 to $150,000
Lot 25
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Remedios Varo
Spanish-Mexican · b. 1908

Varo's paintings share Brauner's signature blend of figuration and dreamlike narrative, populating mysterious interior worlds with symbolic figures that evoke psychological states of anticipation and transformation using rich, dark tonal palettes.

Leonora Carrington
British-Mexican · b. 1917

Carrington's surrealist oil paintings employ the same whimsical yet unsettling figurative imagery and cryptic symbolism seen in this work, conjuring dreamlike psychological landscapes that feel both deeply personal and arcane.

Yves Tanguy
French-American · b. 1900

Tanguy's surrealist canvases mirror the mysterious and abstract figurative qualities of Brauner's work, rendering ambiguous organic forms in moody, atmospheric spaces that suggest psychological tension and suspended states of waiting.
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