Jean-Michel Atlan

Galerie Henry Bing, Paris
Tanya Bing, Cannes
Vente: Appay, Cannes, 29 Janvier 1990, lot 131
Collection particulière, Paris

Cannes, Galerie Bing, Atlan, 1966, catalogue, no.1
Valréas, Chateau de Simiane, Atlan, 1967; catalogue, no.3

Jacques Polieri, Atlan, Catalogue raisonné de l'Oeuvre Complet, Paris, 1996, p.313, no.524, illustré

The colours are fairly accurate in the catalogue illustration, although the overall tonality is redless and softer in the original. The work is executed on its original canvas and is not relined. Under UV light, no trace fluoresces. The work is in very good condition.
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signed and dated; signed, dated and titled on the back; oil on canvas. Executed in 1958.

" Afin de façonner son signe, Atlan s'est enfoncé dans la matérialité de la couleur, il s'est aventuré dans des végétations baroques, des animalités féroces, des totémismes délirants, où l'inconscient rencontre ces forces du dehors, ces "forces terribles et parfois hostiles, mystérieuses et familières à la fois"... "
(Jacques Poliéri, Atlan Catalogue Raisonné de l'oeuvre complet, 1996, p.122)