Jeannette TANGUY. Decalcomanie originale. Sans...

Jeannette TANGUY. Original decalcomania. No place or date [1936?].
India ink on fine salmon paper (24.4 x 31.9 cm), autograph note signed in ballpoint pen on verso.
Beautiful original decal by Jeannette Tanguy (1896-1977).
One of the few known original works by Yves Tanguy's wife, Jeannette, nee Ducrocq. In all likelihood, it was made in the spring of 1936, when her husband experimented with the technique in Marcel Jean's studio.
It bears a signed autograph letter to Dr. Ferdiere on the back: A mon grand ami Gaston / Ferdiere, en qui j'ai grande / confiance / de tout coeur, / Jeannette Tanguy.
Psychiatrist Gaston Ferdiere (1907-1990), now famous for his treatment of Antonin Artaud at the Rodez Asylum, had befriended the Tanguy couple during his internship at Sainte-Anne from the same year, 1936. Edges slightly frayed.