HENRI MICHAUX | Untitled

Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris
Sale: Binoche - Renaud - Giquello & Associés, Paris, Littérature et arts du XXème siècle - surréalisme et avant-garde, 19 May 2009, lot 254
Acquired during the above sale by the present owner

Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou ; New York, Guggenheim Museum ; Montréal, Musée d'art contemporain, Rétrospective: Michaux, 28 June – 20 October 1978, p. 46, illustrated
Tokyo, The Seibu Museum of Art ; Kitakyushu, Municipal Museum of Art ; Ohtsu, Seibu Hall; Restrospective: Michaux, 2 January – 15 June 1983; catalogue, p. 49, no. 16, illustrated
Valencia, Museo de Valencia, Michaux, 1984
Paris, Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Michaux, 1985
Munich, Fred Jahn Gallery, Michaux, 1987 ; catalogue, p.8, illustrated
Zaragoza, Centro de Exposiciones y Congresos, Ibercaja, 4 February - 3 March 1989
Nice, Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain, La côte d'azur et les modernes, 1997

The colours in the printed catalogue are slightly more saturated and vivid than in the original work. There are artist pinholes visible in all four corners. The paper is taped verso to the mount. Discoloration of the paper is visible along the edges, which is most likely the result of sun exposure. Slight yellowing of the sheet is also visible. There are a light foxing spots located most notably along the edges. On the reverse, traces of tape which have since been removed except for one have left marks in the corners and along the edges.
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This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné currently in preparation by Micheline Phankim, Rainer M. Mason and Franck Leibovici.