Galerie Pierre, Paris
Galerie Semiha Huber, Zürich
Private Collection, Paris

Hannover, Kestner-Gesellschaft; Wuppertal, Kunst-und Museumverein; Bremen, Kunstverein, Vieira da Silva, 29 March - 29 June 1958; catalogue, no. 66
Lisbon, Galeria São Mamede, Vieira da Silva, June 1970; catalogue, p. 51, no. 19, illustrated

Cahiers d'Art, René Char, Sept Merci pour Vieira da Silva, Paris, 1955, p. 253, illustrated
Jacques Lassaigne, Guy Weelen, Vieira da Silva, Barcelona, 1978, n.p., no. 235, illustrated
Guy Weelen, Jean-François Jaeger, Vieira da Silva, Catalogue Raisonné, Genève, 1994, p. 251, no. 1267, illustrated

The colours are fairly accurate in the catalogue illustration although the overall tonality is brighter in the original work. The work is executed on its original canvas and is not relined. The corners and their edges present some wears. Following an old re-stretching, the edges of the work are unpainted. Under Ultra Violet light inspection,there is no evidence of restoration. This work is in very good condition.
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I think that by adding one small touch after another, working laboriously like a bee, a painting paints itself. A painting must have a heart, a nervous system, bones and blood. It resembles a person in its movements (...). Whoever is looking at it finds himself before a living being who will keep him company, tell him stories, give him certainties. Because a painting is not a form of escape, it is a friend who speaks to you, who discovers the hidden depths in you and around you.

Maria-Helena Vieira da Silva