About This Artwork

Victor Brauner
Romanian, 1903–1966

Christopher Columbus, 1938-39

Oil on canvas
19 3/4 x 25 5/8 in. (50.2 x 65.1 cm)
none
Gift of Albert A. Robin, 2004.764

© 2008 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Dada and Surrealism in Chicago Collections, December 1, 1984–January 27, 1985, p. 121.

Publication History

Musée national d’art moderne, Victor Brauner: June 2–September 25, 1972 exh. cat. (Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1972), n.p.

Dawn Ades, et al., In the Mind’s Eye: Dada and Surrealism (Chicago: Museum of Contemporary Art, 1985), p. 121 (ill.).

Didier Semin, Victor Brauner (Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1990), pp. 288 (ill.), 314, as Christophe Colomb.

Ownership History

Julien Levy, Bridgewater, Conn., by 1972 [Paris 1972]. Albert Robin, Chicago, by 1985 [Chicago 1985].