ID 1164031
Lot 250 | JEAN HÉLION (1904-1987)
Estimate value
£ 200 000 – 300 000
Equilibre
signed, dated and inscribed ‘Hélion Paris 34 TOP’ (on the reverse); inscribed 'HAUT TOP' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
25 ½ x 31 7⁄8 in. (64.8 x 81 cm.)
Painted in 1934
Provenance
Winifred Nicholson, United Kingdom, by whom acquired directly from the artist, by June 1965.
Kate Nicholson, United Kingdom, a gift from the above, and thence by descent to the present owners.
Literature
C. Andreae, Winifred Nicholson, Farnham, 2009, no. 109, p. 121 (illustrated; titled ‘Untitled’).
J. Hélion & M. Vail, Catalogue raisonné de l’œuvre peint de Jean Hélion, (www.associationjeanhelion.fr) (illustrated). Accessed in October 2023.
Exhibited
London, The Leicester Galleries, Jean Hélion, June 1965, no. 6 (illustrated; dated '1933').
Banks, LYC Museum and Art Gallery, Jean Hélion, César Domela, Hans Hartung, Ben Nicholson, 1973 (illustrated pl. D).
| Artist: | Jean Hélion (1904 - 1987) |
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| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | Jean Hélion (1904 - 1987) |
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| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
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