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Midday Sorrow

A work made of oil on canvas.

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  • A work made of oil on canvas.

Date:

1932

Artist:

Angel Planells
Spanish, 1901–1989

About this artwork

The Catalan artist Àngel Planells began training in 1917 to become an engraver, but after two and a half years, he turned his attention to painting. In 1936 Planells exhibited three paintings, including Midday Sorrow, in the first International Surrealist Exhibition at the New Burlington Galleries in London. At the time, this was the foremost major exhibition to survey the history of Surrealism. The first owner of this painting was Roland Penrose, one of the primary organizers of the exhibition. An artist and poet, Penrose was married to the photographer Lee Miller, who was the subject of many Surrealist works, and was a close friend of many Surrealist artists.

Status

On View, Gallery 396

Department

Modern Art

Artist

Angel Planells

Title

Midday Sorrow

Place

Spain (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1932

Medium

Oil on canvas

Inscriptions

Signed, l.r.: "Angel Planells"

Dimensions

101 × 95 cm (39 3/4 × 37 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Block, Serlin and Saidenberg, and Twentieth-Century Purchase funds; through prior bequest of Clara S. Binswanger; through prior acquisitions of Chester Dale, Mr. and Mrs. Carter H. Harrison, Ella M. Schapper Memorial Fund, Joseph Winterbotham, and Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection

Reference Number

1993.259

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