Lot 120
  • 120

Henri Michaux

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 EUR
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Description

  • Henri Michaux
  • Dessin Mescalinien
  • signé des initiales
  • encre de Chine et encres de couleurs sur papier
  • 31 x 24 cm; 12 3/16 x 9 7/16 in.
  • Exécuté en 1962.

Provenance

Galerie Daniel Cordier, Paris
Acquis auprès de celle-ci par le propriétaire actuel

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Daniel Cordier, Daniel Cordier présente Henri Michaux : oeuvres récentes, 1959-1962, octobre-novembre 1962
Londres, Robert Fraser Gallery, Henri Michaux, 26 février-23 mars 1963 ; catalogue no.27
Paris, Musée National d’Art Moderne, Henri Michaux, février-avril 1965 ; catalogue, no.180
Saint-Paul, Fondation Maeght, Henri Michaux, 3 avril-10 juin 1976
Paris, Musée National d’Art Moderne, Henri Michaux, 15 mars-14 juin 1978 ; catalogue, p.117, no.170, illustré
New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Henri Michaux ; 7 septembre-15 octobre 1978; catalogue, no.109
Vence, Galerie Alphonse Chave, Henri Michaux, Œuvres 1952-1984, 11 décembre-12 mars 2005

Condition

the work has been inspected framed. The colours are fairly accurate in the catalogue illustration although the paper is slightly more yellowish in the original work. With the exception of a pinhead size stain in the lower left corner (visible in the catalogue illustration), this work is in excellent condition.
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