HENRI MICHAUX | Un palan

Acquired from the artist by J. Bonnefoy in 1971
Sale: Binoche Renaud-Giquello & Associés, Littérature et arts du XXème ciècle - surréalisme et avant-garde, 19 May 2009, lot 255
Acquired during the above sale by the present owner

Chaleroi, Palais des Beaux-Arts; Gand ; Brussels; Henri Michaux ; 18 September - 10 February 1972 ; catalogue, no. 17
Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, Wittockiana, Michaux, 2016 ; catalogue, p. 30, illustrated in colour

René Bertelé, Peintures et Dessins, Paris 

The colours in the printed catalogue illustration are fairly accurate although they are slightly lighter in the original work. Discoloration which is most likely due to sun exposure is visible under close inspection. There is a humidity stain in the lower right corner along the edge. There are very faint minor foxing spots scattered in the composition. There are traces of tape most notably along the rim of the left edge, which are the result of the framing process.
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NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."

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