Lot 163
  • 163

HENRI MICHAUX | Untitled

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 EUR
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Description

  • Henri Michaux
  • Untitled
  • signed with the artist's initials
  • China ink on paper
  • 102 x 71,5 cm ; 40  1/8  x 28  1/8  in.
  • Executed in 1959.

Provenance

Private Collection, France (acquired in 1973)
Collection Claude Berri
Collection particulière, France

Exhibited

Munich, Bayerich Academy, 1993; catalogue, p. 26
Buenos Aires, Galeria Jorge Mara, 1993; catalogue, no. 12
Tanlay, Château de Tanlay, Henri Michaux, Aurélie Nemours, 20 mai - 1 octobre 1995; catalogue, p. 35, illustrated in colour
Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Passions Privées, 15 December 1995 – 24 March 1996; catalogue, p. 492, no. 28

Literature

Franck Leibovici, Henri Michaux: Voir (une enquête), Paris, 2014, np., no. 454, illustrated in colour

Condition

The colours in the printed catalogue illustration are fairly accurate although the original paper has slightly yellowed. Discoloration along the edges is visible due to former framing. A fracture in the paper is visible under close inspection in the lower left corner. There is a small dent in the paper in the upper left quadrant towards the ink.
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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.