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Jean Hélion (1904-1987)

Lot 98
28.06.2022 17:00UTC +01:00
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ID 792291
Lot 98 | Jean Hélion (1904-1987)
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€ 300 000 – 500 000
Jean Hélion (1904-1987)

L'escalier

signé et daté 'Hélion 44' (en haut à gauche); signé, titré et daté '"l'Escalier" Hélion T. le 7 janvier 44' (au dos)

huile sur toile

130 x 97 cm.

Peint en 1944.



signed and dated 'Hélion 44' (upper left); signed, titled and dated '"l'Escalier" Hélion T. le 7 janvier 44' (on the reverse)

oil on canvas

51 1⁄8 x 38 1⁄4 in.

Painted in 1944.





Provenance

Galerie Jacques Tronche, Paris.

Puis par descendance au propriétaire actuel (vers 1993).



Literature

Hélion, dix ans de peinture, catalogue d'exposition, Centre National d'Art Contemporain, 1969, p. 46.

D. Abadie, in La connaissance, "Hélion ou la force des choses", Bruxelles, 1975 (illustré p. 52).

R. Micha, Jean Hélion, Näfels, 1979, pp. 30 et 96 (illustré en couleurs p. 31).

H-C. Cousseau, Hélion, Paris, 1992 (illustré en couleurs p. 115 et illustré p. 318).

P. Dagen, Hélion, Paris, 2004, no. 99 (illustré en couleurs p. 169).

H. Bize, Jean Hélion, Paris, 2004, pl. c (illustré p. 5).



Exhibited

New York, Paul Rosenberg & Co., Inc., Recent paintings by Hélion, mars-avril 1944, no. 11.

Londres, The Leicester Galleries, Jean Hélion, juin 1965, no. 17 (illustré au catalogue d'exposition).

Paris, Galerie du Dragon, Jean Hélion, dix neuf tableaux peints de 1937 à 1966, octobre-novembre 1966, no. 4 (illustré au catalogue d'exposition).

Rome, Galeria iI Fante di Spade (mai); Modène, Galerie Mutina (juin); Milan, Galerie Eunomia (mars), Jean Hélion, œuvre de 1936 à 1967, 1967-1969 (illustré au catalogue d'exposition).

Lyon, Galerie Verrière, Hélion, rétrospective, 1926-1969, juin 1969 (illustré au catalogue d'exposition).

Paris, Grand Palais, Hélion, cent tableaux, 1928-1970, décembre 1970-février 1971 (illustré au catalogue d'exposition p. 50).

Montauban, Musée Ingres, Jean Hélion: l’œuvre figurative de 1928 à 1978, juin-septembre 1978, no. 4

Saint Etienne, Musée d'Art et d'Industrie (septembre-octobre); Strasbourg, Musée d'art moderne (novembre-décembre), Jean Hélion, peintures et dessins, 1929-1979, 1979, no. 30.

Pékin, Musée des Beaux-Arts (septembre); Shanghai, Musée des Beaux-Arts (octobre); Nanchang, Musée des Beaux Arts (novembre), Hélion, peintures, 1980, no. 21 (illustré au catalogue d'exposition p. 6).

Luxembourg, Musée d'État, Hélion, tableaux 1929-1982, septembre-octobre 1982.

Danemark, Aarhus Kunstmuseums Forlag, Jean Hélion, rétrospective dessins et peintures, 1929-1983, septembre-octobre 1987, no. 19 (illustré au catalogue d'exposition p. 33).

Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou (décembre-mars); Barcelone, Musée Picasso (mars-juin); New York, National Academy of Design, Jean Hélion, 2004-2005 (illustré en couleurs au catalogue d'exposition p. 148).

Paris, Galerie Malingue, Hélion, années 40, octobre-décembre 2017, p. 32 (illustré en couleurs au catalogue d'exposition p. 33).



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Artist:Jean Hélion (1904 - 1987)
Applied technique:Oil on canvas
Art style:Modern art
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
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