Lot 126
  • 126

HENRI MICHAUX | Paysage sur fond noir

Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 EUR
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Description

  • Michaux, Henri
  • Paysage sur fond noir
  • signed with the artist's initials
  • pastel on paper
  • 23,5 x 31 cm; 9 1/4 x 12 3/16 in.
  • Executed in 1938.

Exhibited

Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Henri Michaux, 13 February - 4 April 1965, no. 7
Saint-Paul, Fondation Maeght, Henri Michaux, Peintures, 3 April - 10 June 1976, no. 7, illustrated
Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou; New York, Guggenheim Museum; Montreal, Musée d'Art Contemporain, Retrospective Henri Michaux, 15 March - 10 December 1978; catalogue, p. 36, illustrated
Toyko, The Seibu Museum of Art, Retrospective Henri Michaux; 2 January - 21 February 1983; catalogue, p.26, illustrated

Literature

Franck Leibovici, Henri Michaux, Voir: Une Enquête, Paris, 2014, p. 267, illustrated

Condition

The sheet is attached verso to the backing board in various places. There are faint traces of oxidation throughout the work most notably to the darker areas. The backing board is mounted on paper, which was torn off. Residual traces of the paper remain, which are only visible once the work is unframed. The work is in good condition. For additional information regarding Alias Daniel Cordier live and online sales, please visit: https://www.sothebys.com/en/series/alias-daniel-cordier
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Catalogue Note

This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné currently in preparation by Micheline Phankim, Rainer M. Mason and Franck Leibovici.