Lot 201
  • 201

Henri Michaux

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 EUR
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Description

  • Henri Michaux
  • Untitled
  • signed with the artist's initials
  • oil on wood
  • 24 x 19 cm; 9 7/16 x 7 1/2 in.
  • Executed in 1947.
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Provenance

Private Collection, France

Exhibited

Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou; New York, The Guggenheim Museum, Henri Michaux, 15 March - 15 October 1978; catalogue, no. 29, p. 61, illustrated
Tokyo, The Seibu Museum of Art, Henri Michaux, 2 January - 21  February 1983; catalogue, no. 31, p. 54, illustrated

Literature

Henri Michaux, Emergences-résurgences, Paris, 1972, p. 37, illustrated

Condition

The colours are fairly accurate in the catalogue illustration although the overall tonality is less bright in the original work. The edges of the wood present some irregularities, inherent to the medium, and some minor wears. This work is in very good original condition.
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