Boleslaw BIEGAS (1877-1954) Venus and Pegasus, ca. 1925 Oil on panel. Signed lower right. On the back, the label of the inventory of Jan Szymanski, n°379. 60 x 81 cm Provenance: - Personal collection of the artist. - Polish Historical and Literary Society (by payment from the artist). - Galerie Jan Krugier, Geneva. Work acquired in the early 1970s from the previous one. - Gallery Thessa Herold, Paris. Work acquired in the middle of the years 1970 from the previous one. Exhibitions : 1929, Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, n°25 of the catalog. 1973, Paris, Galerie de Seine, Philippe Soupault, Collection Fantôme, reproduced p. 37. Bibliography : - R. Passeron, Encyclopedia of Surrealism, Somogy, Paris, 1977, reproduced p.125. - X. Deryng (dir.), cat. exhibition Boleslas Biegas: Sculptures, paintings, Studio Reynes, Paris, 1992, reproduced p. 285. - X. Deryng, La Mystique de l'Infini in: Collectif, Hommage à L'Ile des Morts d'Arnold Böcklin, cat. exhibition Meaux, Musée Bossuet, 2001-2002, reproduced p. 42. A notice of inclusion in the catalog raisonné of the Biegas Committee with the support of the A notice of inclusion in the catalogue raisonné of the Biegas Committee with the support of the Polish Historical and Literary Society (SHLP), signed by Mr. Xavier Deryng and Mrs. Anna Czarnocka, will be given to the purchaser.