Rafas (la peste)

Signed and dated 0-58, u.r.; also inscribed Part I / page 17 / It was as if the earth on which our houses stood were being purged of its secreted humors on the reverse
Gouache on paper
Image: 10 x 7-1/2 inches
Sheet: 10-7/8 x 8-1/4 inches

Note:
This work is one of five illustrations by Tamayo for Albert Camus' The Plague. Copies of the original invoice, shipping declaration and correspondence between the purchaser and the gallery accompany this work.

Provenance:
Estate of a Lady, Woodstock, Vermont
Purchased in 1962 from Central Publicaciones, Alberto Misrachi, Mexico City

Literature:
Albert Camus, Récits et théâtre. L''Envers et l'endroit. Noces. L'Étranger. La Peste. L'Été. La Chute. L'Exile et le royaume, NRF Gallimard, Limited Edition. Paris, 1958, opposite p. 144.

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